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Health Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 23992 on Primary Health Care: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) elderly and (b) digitally-challenged people to

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 27 Jan 2025
Answer: 27 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 23992 on Primary Health Care: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) elderly and (b) digitally-challenged people to
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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27 Jan 2025
Answer published
Digital health tools should be part of a wider offering that includes face-to-face support, with appropriate help for people who struggle to access digital services. NHS England has successfully run a number of programmes to support patients, carers, and ...

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