EPISODE · Sep 26, 2020 · 50 MIN
NHS Covid App - Digital Primary Care update
from eGPlearning Podblast · host eGPlearning
Contact us and share your opinionJoin Andy and Gandhi for their latest Digital Primary Care update on the new COVID app, DigitalPC20 prep, and more... NHSCovidApp: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/nhs-c... #nhscovidapp #covidapp digitalprimarycare Twitter response: https://twitter.com/NHSCOVID19app/sta... Join DigitalPC20: https://bit.ly/DigitalPC20 26 Sept Episode - NHS COVID-19 Welcome Introductions Live Saturday Episode DFPC Conference Demo… Video on screen Postcode - lets you know if area is high riskCant changeInfo on localised measures and restrictionsData stays on the app and doesn’t need to go anywhere else Venue check in - QR code Check symptomsRead latest adviceAbout the appEnter test resultSwitch off contact tracingHow it works diagram and privacy - use FT diagramhttps://www.ft.com/content/d2609e26-8... No centrally stored data - everything is dispersed across everyone’s phones…Supposed to address privacy concerns No GPS or location data…All data on phone...Will people download it?Use not compulsory£1-10k fine if you refuse to self isolate… but the government won’t knowMatt Hancock stated was optional….Will you use it? Coverage needed?50% based on comments about German AppIn May Iceland had highest uptake with 38% of its 364k populationSingapore has 37% - early leader, bit more authoritarianShould GPs use the app in surgery?Can pause contact tracing for periods of timeNot use if wearing PPE??????Flu clinics? Should we display a code at the surgery - like bars, hair salons and other venues?Bars etc. required to display under regulationsNo contractual obligation - voluntaryHere is the link to create a code
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