NHS Patients Will Be Monitored in Their Own Homes Under New Reforms

NHS Patients Will Be Monitored in Their Own Homes Under New Reforms
Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid leaves after a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in central London on Dec. 14, 2021. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
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Five hundred thousand people will use digital tools to manage their long-term health conditions in their own homes, under the British government’s transformative programme.

In an announcement on Wednesday, the government announced that a major chunk of healthcare is to go online in England under a new digitisation plan. They say this is to clear backlogs caused by lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 as well as to deliver “more tailored care for patients.”
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