The SNP has
said new technology and innovation will be at the heart of their
plan for the NHS.
, SNP candidate for Airdrie, has
revealed SNP manifesto commitments will include:
•
Scotland's new NHS MyCare app, expected to go live this
week, will expand to create an online booking service - the most
comprehensive app in the UK and free from
Palantir.
•
Digital prescriptions will replace paper
prescriptions.
•
NHS AI hub to build ethical solutions in our NHS to
support, not replace, NHS staff.
It
comes as continues to drive progress in
Scotland's NHS with waiting lists falling for 9 months in a row,
operations up, the best performing A&E in the UK, more GPs
per head than England and GP walk-in centres springing up across
Scotland.
Meanwhile, not
a single day has been lost to strikes in Scotland's NHS thanks to
the SNP in government while faces yet another strike in England's
NHS.
Commenting, SNP candidate for Airdrie, said:
“New
technology and innovation is at the heart of our plan for
Scotland's NHS.
“We will build
out the features of our NHS MyCare app - created in-house
free from dodgy tech giants like Palantir - which will be the
most comprehensive app on these islands.
“Paper
prescriptions will make way for digital ones, making it far
easier for people to access medicines with a GP to pharmacy
end-to-end system.
“On top of
that, we will develop a brand new NHS AI Hub to drive safe and
ethical solutions for our NHS to support our staff, not replace
them.
“When it comes
to our NHS we will be bold and embrace the opportunities that
technology presents us - that's how to build a modern health
service that works for patients and that's what you get with an
SNP government on Scotland's side.
“Under John
Swinney's experienced leadership, we have a plan for our NHS and
it's working - a vote for the SNP on 7th May is a vote to
modernise our NHS even further."
