The Labour Party has announced a plan to digitize NHS personal child health records, specifically focusing on the 'red book' that tracks children's health and vaccinations, if it wins the general election. This initiative aims to combat falling MMR vaccination rates and make child health records easily accessible on the NHS App, aspiring to be part of creating the healthiest generation ever lived. The promise to digitize the red book, referred to as the 'digital Red Book', comes amid concerns over the delayed digital transformation of the NHS, with previous commitments to digitize by April 2023 unmet. Labour leaders Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have emphasized the move as a step towards making the NHS fit for the future, giving more control and information to patients. The announcement was made in Nottinghamshire, including a visit to Kings Mill Hospital, as part of Labour's broader healthcare agenda, which includes prioritizing cancer care and addressing the maternity crisis.
Wonderful visit to Kings Mill Hospital with @Keir_Starmer and @ClaireWard4EM - visiting their brilliant maternity team. Patients and staff support @UKLabour’s plan to digitise the red book so that children get the healthiest start in life with modern care at parents’ fingertips. https://t.co/Z6wl7q6XCy
A labour government will ‘prioritise cancer care’ and ‘fix the maternity crisis’ .. the message from @Keir_Starmer today in Nottinghamshire- watch my interview on @ITVCentral in the East Midlands at 6pm https://t.co/InKJADkg09
Labour will use digital technology wisely, handing power to patients. @Keir_Starmer and @wesstreeting will digitise the red book so parents have all the information needed to raise healthy kids. And that’s just the start #VoteLabour https://t.co/wk7dNGmE57
Labour will digitise the red book, so children’s health records are on the NHS App. More information and more control, giving power back to patients. Only Labour will reform our NHS to make it fit for the future. https://t.co/YdwPYsBphX
With @Keir_Starmer and @WesStreeting, Labour has a plan to transform children’s healthcare and help parents with those crucial early years. We’ll start by digitising the red book, so child health records are easily accessible on the NHS App. 👇 https://t.co/2gSUDTNWgS
Labour sets out plans to digitise children’s healthcare records https://t.co/kI569OHdz0
In 2019, NHS promised ‘digital Red Book’ by 2024. Hancock announced he’d launch it a year earlier - by April 2023 - in 2021. In 2024, not only surprising but detrimental to neonatal health that it *still* hasn’t been digitised. Vital initiative from @wesstreeting & @LabourHealth: https://t.co/c4AnJTfUZK
“Labour wants them to be part of the healthiest generation that ever lived. That’s why we will digitise the red book, so children’s health records are on the NHS app.” https://t.co/hZFUDcryN0
Labour reveals plan to digitise NHS personal child health records https://t.co/bTpAbTQbCV
Labour to digitise children's jabs records to combat falling MMR vaccination rates if it wins the general election https://t.co/KDyqWnEGTT