NHS long term plan - all parents will have digital choice by 2021
Date: 06 July 2019
eRedbook is already in use across London as NHS long term plans announces all parents will have the choice of digital by 2021.
Following on from Sitekit’s successful roll out of eRedbook across London, the NHS Long Term Plan (Section 7.10) announces that
"By 2021 all parents nationwide will have a choice of paper or digital Redbooks for their new babies".
Cathey Horsfall, PHR Strategy Lead from Sitekit said “We welcome the NHS commitment to digital redbooks. As we have seen from our successful deployment of eRedbook across London, this is something parents want and need. They benefit from having timely access to their child’s health records and the tools to proactively manage their child’s health and wellbeing and say they recommend eRedbook to friends and family”.
Matt Hancock tweeted "As part of our Long Term Plan for the NHS we’ll modernise the “Red Book” every parent gets - so babies’ health records are digital from day one”.
- Summary:
Following on from Sitekit’s successful roll out of eRedbook across London, the NHS Long Term Plan announces that by 2021 all parents nationwide will have a choice of paper or digital Redbooks for the new babies.