Wes Streeting has promised to pull the NHS into the digital age with plans to give more patients needing planned care the ability to decide where they are treated. Under plans aimed at slashing waiting lists, the NHS App will be overhauled, giving patients more choice under the elective reform plan, which is set to be announced this week. Health secretary Mr Streeting said the move will help Labour cut waiting times 'from 18 months to 18 weeks'.
Experts welcomed the move to reform the NHS planning but warned that digital innovations must not 'create new barriers' and 'come at the expense of excluding those without a smartphone'.
The British Medical Association (BMA) warned the changes were pegged around artificial and clinically irrelevant targets and may not deliver the benefits Mr Streeting has promised. Responding to the announcement, BMA chair professor Phil Banfield expressed caution about the efficacy of the proposed reforms.
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