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GP booking and healthcare management app that connects patients with primary care – has announced its intention to provide the people in England with a simple , clear means of communicating their verified vaccination status , via their smartphone .

The new vaccination status feature will display , within the patient profile page of the myGP app , whether or not a patient is sufficiently protected from COVID-19 – illustrated via a few personal details and a simple green tick , which will appear 21 days following the final vaccine dose , when a patient is considered protected from the virus . This ‘ tick ’ will act as a clinically assured means of proving one ’ s vaccination status , displayed in real time , generated directly from a patient ’ s medical record .

myGP – home to the myGP TICKet feature – is developed by Hammersmith-based , iPLATO Healthcare . Currently available to patients at 97 % of England ’ s GP practices , myGP has spent years working alongside the NHS to gain NHS accreditation . As a result , the app already enables around two million patients in England to view their medical records , request repeat prescriptions , request GP appointments and access other complementary healthcare services . More than 200,000 patients in England have accessed their medical records via the app in just the last two months .

Economic recovery at capacity

Currently planned for release in February , and dependent upon availability of the clinical data , the myGP TICKet could allow businesses whose viability depends upon operating at capacity – such as the arts and hospitality sectors – the ability to open either full or part-time to vaccinated individuals , without the need to observe strict social distancing rules . In addition , the technology will reduce the administrative burden on GPs , who will likely be inundated with requests for verification of vaccination status as people begin to return to everyday life around the country .

Since the start of the pandemic , myGP has regularly undertaken patient research to gauge feelings and intentions regarding their health , access to primary care and their intentions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine . Upon learning that a vaccine had been approved , myGP asked 2,000 adults if they intend to have the new vaccine , of which 31 % said no .

However , of this group , 23 % said they could be swayed to have the vaccine if it meant they could attend live events and other activities without strict social distancing measures in place .

Tobias Alpsten , the innovator behind myGP TICKet and Founder and CEO of iPLATO Healthcare and myGP , said : “ Not only does our research tell us that the public would respond positively to this kind of incentive , we believe that our solution can provide an economic lifeline to industries who have been crippled by the pandemic .

“ Further , this innovation will absolutely relieve administrative burden on GPs by simplifying an individual ’ s access to his or her own vaccination status .

“ The myGP TICKet means that patients will not have to contact their GPs , get certificates printed , apply for vaccination passports or other long-winded solutions . Simply download the myGP app , register and it ’ s done .” p

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