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A new ‘ping and book’ service is set to improve access to cancer screenings for women. Launching next month, this digital service will alert women when they’re due for a breast or cervical screening, offering convenient booking options through the NHS App starting next year. With added support for NHS staff, the initiative encourages eligible employees to attend screenings during work hours. Last year, NHS breast screening detected early-stage cancers in nearly 19,000 women, yet over 35% of eligible women missed screenings. The new ‘ping and book’ service, combined with on-site screening in some workplaces, aims to make screenings more accessible and prevent life-threatening delays. Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eF9aFAUj
Interesting initiative. How will the system address IT poverty/literacy to ensure all women have equal access to the app? --> “Next month we’re starting the rollout of a new ‘ping and book’ approach for breast and cervical checks through the NHS App, which will replace costs of letters and text messages with pop-ups on your phone and help make it as convenient as possible to book appointments.”
This is excellent and a major step forward. Simplified access and increasing compliance to drive earlier screening and better outcomes, technology enhancing an outdated process to deliver efficient and timely impacts. If we could apply the same thought process for women for early Gestational Diabetes Screening and make it universal, like most other countries, including Post Partum screenings for dysglycaemia then we can deliver better access, preference and compliance to reduce complications and impact to Women, their children and the healthcare system. GTT@home is already in use here and showing significant benefits to mother, child and trusts utilising the service. UK companies and innovators have some fantastic solutions for our much loved NHS and its people. The transformation starts at home. www.Digostics.com #innovation #digital #womenshealth #Gestationaldiabetes #accesstohealth #nhstransformation #diabetes #preference #healthequality
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Seems like a step forward. I would be most interested to see the Health Equality Impact analysis for this project as, theoretically, lots of people will miss out from this service. Not just those who aren’t digitally connected.
This is good progress!!
A promising step. Will this have the option for invitees to access the invitation (and accompanying screening info) in different languages including easy read?
This is such a fantastic idea! How does this reach our trans male and intersex population? Thank you so much
Very promising!
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4wThis is progress. But we need to ensure we don’t exacerbate the ‘digital divide’.