Kent saw a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases while testing uptake declined at the turn of the year Using the myGP Engagement Hub’s SMS communications the Council increased symptom free testing by 32% across the county, the equivalent of over 1000 additional tests a day Through the last three months of 2020 cases of COVID-19 in Kent were dramatically increasing …
myGP TICKet is being piloted for use in a care home setting in England Barchester Healthcare and Lillian Faithful care homes will be piloting the technology with staff across England The UK’s largest independent healthcare management app, myGP, is releasing England’s first vaccine verification feature within their app next month. The myGP TICKet feature – which will enable anyone in …
myGP comprises of a patient-facing app and a practice facing set of services including messaging, remote consultation, patient survey, care navigation and triage as well as population-wide patient engagement to increase uptake of screening and vaccination. In 2020, myGP contributed to improving the health of the British population through signposting everything from Covid 19 symptom awareness and to testing and, …
New research from myGP has indicated that – of the 34% of Britons who do not support the idea of vaccine passports – a third of them (32%) would change their minds if their favourite high-street venue was at risk of closing This indicates that a further 6m residents of England would support the use of vaccination and vaccine passports …
What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’? This broad concept is generally understood to include two main elements – feeling good and functioning well. When people are functioning well in their interactions with the world, they tend to experience positive emotions as a result. Our mental wellbeing underpins our everyday functioning and quality of life. We seem to have a general …
New research from myGP has indicated that 66% of residents in England would welcome temporary vaccine passports to allow local hard-hit venues and businesses to get up-and-running Of the 34% that said they disagreed, a third of them (32%) would change their mind if their favourite high-street venue was at risk of closure before social distancing measures could be removed 92% of public-facing businesses would consider inviting vaccinated customers back into their premises as a short-term, but urgent …
A new national men’s health awareness campaign has launched this week by NHS-assured health management app ‘myGP’, to further enourage the rise in male patients being proactive about seeking professional medical advice, thanks to being able to do so via a smartphone. One of the biggest public health campaigns so far in 2021, will reach millions of NHS patients, both …
Simple SMS reminders will see 780k more patients attending cancer screenings in the next 12 months, new campaign reveals. A new campaign has been launched today by the UK’s largest independent healthcare management app, ‘myGP’, urging NHSX to introduce centralised SMS reminders across all national cancer screening programmes. The proposed solution, if implemented as standard across all GP practices in …
Bushy, bare, or half-way there? A new national campaign uses cat pictures to encourage women to embrace their ‘lockdown look’ and attend life-saving cervical screenings Almost 3 in 5 women who rely on professional waxing services admit to putting off attending their cervical screening appointment due to not being ‘perfectly preened’ (57%) Well over half of women who rely on …
We are aware that, in many regions of England, CCGs and PCNs will be using existing extended hours or clinical services for Covid-19 vaccination management. And it appears to be working… almost. We know that our customers benefit from utilising familiar systems and well-known processes, and these are now proving useful when repurposed, as the turn-around times are short and …
