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Digital NHS and AI

TheCatWoman

Wes Streeting has announced new digital services for NHS England and that the public will have to be educated about it, will that include teaching us how to use a smart phone, afford a smart phone and how to download an app and not give our data to scammers?

I'm glad I live in Wales and don't have to put up with this nonsense..yet and that my GP's don't force people to use the stupid app thing we have that doesn't work.

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  • In the 1980s, I completed courses on using computers. Back then, we were told that computer literacy would become a key skill  and classified as essential in the same way as reading, writing and arithmetic. 

    I would like to see the government fund or subsidise computer literacy and smartphone courses in libraries, local colleges and schools, to teach adults who for whatever reason have missed out. In my own area, courses such as these have been taking place for years. 

    NHS services online are working very well in my area. I can order prescriptions online or through the app. The app also notifies me of upcoming hospital appointments, and blood results.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    We had a woman who'd go round libraries teaching smart phone and basic computer skills, I went to see her and she was absolutely useless! I wanted help to buy one as I've no idea where to start, they all seem equally confusing, she started with the usual spiel about Apple or Android, I know one is apple and the other google and thats all I know about the difference, so her solution was to go to a shop and ask their advice, she was totally flumoxed by the idea that these are sales people and thier job is to sell you the most expensive phone in the shop. She also couldn't get her head around me being ND or having memory problems, she didn't want to talk to me, it was like she had a set program that she was going to use regardless of who was sat in front of her. 

    I've tried smart phones for dummies and didn't get on with that, it seemed to thnk everyone wants to be on FB and other social media platforms and obviously can't tell you anything about things like local NHS app's.

    Like I say, I'm glad I live in Wales where there's less of this stuff being foisted on us, maybe it's partly an acknowlegement that Wales is mostly very rural with hills, forests and mountains that don't allow signals to travel very well.

    A lot of this has started since covid, changes that would have taken a decade or more to come along are being hurried along leaving many behind, not just with skills but infrastructure too.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I've tried smart phones for dummies and didn't get on with that

    I did wonder whether you might find this one useful. I’ve seen a few ads for it recently:

    Chatsie

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