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Challenges and areas for improvement
The budget that allocated by the Welsh government devoted to for the development of the NHS Wales App is less smaller than England’s the budget provided for the NHS App in England. Therefore, the features As a result, there will be fewer features, and the development process has been and will continue to be slower in by comparison.As the government is locking down NHS login
, there will be less private sector collaboration, meaning that The government's special health authority Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has locked down both use of NHS Login and access to the NHS Wales App.
Agreements will be between Health Boards and DHCW on behalf of apps or private sector providers rather than those providers getting single approval for use across Wales which means that integration rollout will be slowed and will lead to less private sector collaboration.
While the NHS Wales App should function as a single entry point for digital health and care services for all patients, this will result in unequal access across health boards during these slow rollouts
Published outcomes - statistics
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