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dawngreen · 2024-10-20T20:55:17+00:00

The latest plan is for the nhs to hand out smartwatches to people to monitor their health. Wonder if I will get a upgrade to the smartwatch a friend gave me?

LorettyTen · 20/10/2024 21:56

I saw that- I was wondering if I'm too late to get a refund on my Fitbit 😂😂

WhatsInTheRug · 20/10/2024 21:57

Oh I thought it was weightloss injections?

WhatsInTheRug · 20/10/2024 21:57

Or both?

Ladyandherspaniel · 20/10/2024 21:58

We have no hope... 🙄

Leniriefenstahl · 20/10/2024 22:20

Yawn 😂

DeliciousApples · 20/10/2024 22:31

I've a smart watch and I'm still fat so not sure their cunning plan will work.

For me, if they sorted out menopausal issues and invested in that a bit more then maybe that would do the trick though...

Allthecatseverywhereallatonce · 20/10/2024 22:40

This sort of already exists so I imagine it will be making it more widely available. It is to prevent admission to hospitals by monitoring people's vital statistics, and, taking action to prevent deterioration or need to access A&E. It is called a virtual ward where I work, it is all to do with hospital avoidance so beds are only taken by those who need to be there.

It is about time the NHS became proactive rather than reactive.

thenightsky · 20/10/2024 22:43

I can't believe smart watches are the saviour of the NHS when my poor friend has been waiting to have a tumour removed since June due to cock up after cock up. this week she got told to try to lose weight as her notes were showing her to be 14 stone. She is barely 9 stone and thin as a rake.

InfoSecInTheCity · 20/10/2024 23:09

Allthecatseverywhereallatonce · 20/10/2024 22:40

This sort of already exists so I imagine it will be making it more widely available. It is to prevent admission to hospitals by monitoring people's vital statistics, and, taking action to prevent deterioration or need to access A&E. It is called a virtual ward where I work, it is all to do with hospital avoidance so beds are only taken by those who need to be there.

It is about time the NHS became proactive rather than reactive.

It's similar to the virtual diabetes clinic I was referred to immediately after diagnosis. On the day I was diagnosed i was provided a one off Freestyle Libre sensor, which is about £50 to buy privately. It gave full visibility of my blood sugar levels to me and to the Diabetes nurses who were able to call me proactively to adjust my med levels throughout the first 2 weeks, so that my levels were under control and significantly improved within a fortnight.

When I had Gestational diabetes 10 years ago, i was referred to a clinic which took 2 weeks to come through, there I was issued a finger prick testing kit and instructions to test 4 times a day for 2 weeks and bring in my record book, they then gave me a prescription and 2 more weeks of testing to see if the prescription would help. So I was 6 weeks in before they determined that i'd need insulin, and by the time we'd found the right volume of insulin to take, I was a few days from giving birth. So it felt largely like a wasted effort to be honest with limited impact.

If Smart watches can be used to provide quick and tailored diagnostic support and management for health conditions then I can't see why this would be a bad thing. They won't be paying retail cost for the devices and it will be the most basic model that performs the required tasks. An Apple Watch retails at £200 for the cheapest current model so assuming a cost of about £100 per device, that cost would be easily covered if it allowed the NHS to reduce that persons treatment by a single in person appointment.