Every day, digital and data help to transform the lives of patients across London. Using digital technologies can improve an individual’s experience of receiving care. It can also help provide patient access to knowledge and education about a health condition. At the same time health and care data can help improve the care outcomes and tackle health and care inequalities.
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After seeing his GP, Moses started a 10-week online course which covered different topics, mainly diet, lifestyle, exercise and mental health and wellbeing. There was also a course booklet where Moses could add in his thoughts and a fortnightly mid-week check.
While Moses was referred by his GP, anyone can also refer themselves to the course just by going online at preventing-diabetes.co.uk
The course started in March 2020, at the same time as the first wave of the Covid pandemic spread across the country, so all the classes over the 10 weeks were held online. Providing digital access to education courses allowed Moses to learn vital information about diabetes and its impacts. At a time when the in-person services were limited, and the NHS was under considerable demand the use of a digital platform enabled Moses to still receive valuable health information when he might otherwise have not. Digital courses allow people to work and learn in their own time which is vital when people have busy work and personal lives. While this meant that there was never the chance to meet anyone on the course face-to-face, it did mean that the service could still go ahead safely while the country was in lockdown….
Residents joined a free drop‑in NHS App support event at the Bromley Health and Wellbeing Centre on Tuesday 9th June 2026, where they received practical help and advice on using digital NHS services. The event ran from 10:30am to 2:30pm and gave people the chance to speak directly with the friendly team, who supported attendees […]
New inspection results from the Care Quality Commission show strong ratings for health and care services across south east London. At St Thomas’ Hospital, urgent and emergency care has kept its overall ‘outstanding’ rating. At Guy’s Hospital, urgent care has kept its overall ‘good’ rating. Inspectors also upgraded both services for caring, from ‘good’ to […]
An amber heat alert is in place across south east London this week. This means the hot weather could affect people’s health, especially older adults, young children and people with long-term health conditions. It also means health and care services might be busier than usual. Help others stay safe Check in with anyone who may […]