Scarlet fever among NHS website’s top ten most searched for conditions in 2022/in /by

Coronavirus, chickenpox and scarlet fever were among the most commonly viewed conditions on the NHS website in 2022.

A 2022 Top Ten list compiled by NHS Digital shows the most popular pages related to Coronavirus, with 16.3 million visits to advice on COVID-19 symptoms, testing and self-care, followed by 4.3 million clicks on long Covid.

High blood pressure was the third most-visited condition, attracting 3.8 million views, while scarlet fever, chickenpox and monkeypox all saw big increases in visits, compared with 2021.

Visits to the chickenpox page more than doubled in 2022 to become the fourth most visited condition, with 3.7 million against 1.7 million in 2021.

Scarlet fever was the seventh most visited page, with 3 million visits in 2022 – seven times the amount of clicks in 2021, when there were 414,000.

There were also 60 times as many visits to the page on monkeypox with 2.1 million in 2022, compared to only 35,000 in 2021.

Visits to the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) page remained high, increasing from 3.1 million in 2021 to 3.5 million in 2022, making it the fifth most visited condition of the year.

Searches for fever in children were also up in 2022, with 3.4 million visits compared with 2.9 million in 2021, and diarrhoea and vomiting page visits increased from 2.4 million in 2021 to 2.9 million in 2022.

Tonsillitis received 2.8 million hits in 2022 from 2.1 million in 2021, and rashes in babies and children increased to 2.7 million in 2022 from 2.4 million the previous year.

The ten most viewed pages about medical conditions in 2022 were:

  1. Coronavirus (16.3 million)
  2. Long Covid (4.3 million)
  3. High blood pressure (3.8 million)
  4. Chickenpox  (3.7 million)
  5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (3.5 million)
  6. Fever in children (3.4 million)
  7. Scarlet fever (3 million)
  8. Diarrhoea and vomiting (2.9 million)
  9. Tonsillitis (2.8 million)
  10. Rashes in babies and children (2.7 million)

Joe Risk, NHS Digital’s head of delivery for the NHS website, said:

“Millions of people used the NHS website in 2022 for the latest Covid information or to book a vaccination, as well as for advice on topics ranging from high blood pressure to diarrhoea and vomiting.

“Providing access to the latest medical advice and making it as easy as possible for people to access is our top priority, to ensure we continue to support and improve health across the country.”

The NHS website, which is managed by NHS Digital, is the UK’s biggest health website with an estimated 2.6 million visits a day in 2022 from people seeking information and advice. It includes over 4,000 pages and provides information about 990 medical conditions.

The most popular page on the NHS website in 2022 was the COVID-19 vaccination booking page, with 60 million visits.

Other health services available on the website include applying for a free UK Global Health Insurance Card for healthcare cover abroad, finding a GP, and a BMI healthy weight calculator.

Event: Tech Innovation Framework (TIF) Expo 2023/in /by

This event is no longer taking bookings. Please contact gpit.techinnovation@nhs.net if you have any queries. 

We’re inviting people who work in primary care organisations and those responsible for the procurement of digital systems to attend a supplier expo in February. 

The event will take place virtually over a 2-week period from 14 to 28 February. The 8 Tech Innovation Framework (TIF) suppliers will showcase the work they’re doing to develop new intuitive core clinical digital systems for GP practices and primary care organisations. 

This is an opportunity to share your thoughts, ideas and requirements with these TIF suppliers. 

Find out more about the Expo and book your place.

 

Help us improve: Consistency in FHIR/in /by

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is the global interoperability standard. To help us ensure a standard way of handling interactions between different systems, and to improve interoperability, we invite you to participate in Sprint 6 of the Clinical and Technical Assurance process, in which we will review the resources used to support diagnostics of use cases.  

Find out more and register by emailing interoperabilityteam@nhs.net.

For information: New Apply for Care ID service verifies identity remotely/in /by

Apply for Care ID is a simple and secure ID application enabling health and care staff, including students, to verify their identity to access national clinical information systems and data. The app is remotely accessible anytime and provides a time saving alternative to face-to-face registrations. Find out more about the service. 

For information: Join our online developer community/in /by

Over 300 users have already signed up to the new developer community; an online space for those wanting to integrate with the NHS Digital API platform. It also provides quick and easy access to commonly asked questions for those involved in healthcare software.

Early adopters have an opportunity to help shape the future of the community and provide feedback on NHS Digital products and services. Read more. 

For information: Improving our approach to communicating with you/in /by

We are tweaking our approach to this bulletin in response to feedback. Instead of relying on a quarterly bulletin, which has sometimes meant information has arrived too late and buried in a long email, we have set up this section on our website for essential information for technology suppliers.   

When essential items are added to the website, we will email you an alert. You will receive a short summary of these alerts every quarter instead of the bulletin.  

If you have any feedback, please contact bulletins.nhsdigital@nhs.net.

For information: NHS Digital merges with NHS England/in /by

In February 2023, NHS Digital will merge with NHS England. NHS England will assume responsibility for all activities previously undertaken by NHS Digital. 

NHS Digital’s systems and services will continue to operate as normal and contracts will automatically transfer to NHS England, with terms and conditions unchanged.

Read more about the changes.