Care workers are set to be trained to carry out NHS health checks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Ministers will work with the health service to create a digital platform for sharing data between social care, GP and hospital staff and hope for all care providers to be fully digitised by 2029.
58% : Dr Vin Diwakar, national director of transformation at NHS England, said: 'Research shows digitising social care and linking up records enables people to live independently for longer and families to participate in caregiving, as well as releasing staff from time-consuming administrative tasks to free up more time to care.
51% : Mr Streeting said: 'There is a revolution taking place in health and care technology, and this government is reforming social care so disabled and older people benefit from the latest cutting-edge tech.Care workers will be trained to perform routine health checks - including blood pressure - in an attempt to slash NHS waiting lists by reducing unnecessary trips to the doctorHealth Secretary Wes Streeting has said the move is part of a revolution of the health sector in this country'Patients won't be forced to repeat themselves over and over again, staff will be equipped to deliver the best possible care and it will help free up hospital beds.'Cutting NHS waiting lists has been a consistent theme in the Prime Minister's 'Plan for Change' - Sir Keir has pledged that 92 per cent of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment by 2029.

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