NHS Covid App closing down

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My phone just beeped to tell me that the NHS will be shutting down the covid phone app this time next month - apparently very few people have entered test results since the test stopped being free and this is one of the consequences.

Hopefully any lessons learned this time around will help when the next panademic comes along. But given the crapness shown handling this one I'm not holding my breath...

Comments

[vivdunstan]

It’s caused alarm among vasculitis patients in the charity I volunteer for. They rely on registering their LFT results to trigger access to anti virals they are eligible for and need because they’re immunosuppressed. Fortunately the tests can still be registered on the website. This patient group is still eligible for free NHS tests.

[ffutures]

And there are lots of other groups that applies to, of course.