[McDev]

The last time I'll never use a healthcare app was when I heard about [0]. I can't trust our current tech / startup company culture with such sensitive things.

[0]: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/09/babylon-to-face-no-fur...

> Babylon Health will face “no further action” for a data breach that allowed a user of its GP app to access video recordings of other patients’ consultations.

[rvz]

No surprises there. Babylon has special connections to the UK government as both part of the coronavirus technology task force and the health secretary being a regular cheerleader for them.

So yes, they are able to get away with any sort of disaster like this one.

[hkt]

Grim.

What's worse is that the semi-privatised world of GPs starting to come apart now means it would be a great moment to roll out an NHS GP app that was made and staffed in house. I suspect the government is quite unlikely to permit this though, so we'll end up at £20+ per appointment or a free to use private service like this GP at Hand.

A pity and a waste, really.

[rgblambda]

>>it would be a great moment to roll out an NHS GP app that was made and staffed in house.

Such a thing already exists and has been in use for years. https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/nhs-app/

[c7DJTLrn]

I recently filled out an eConsult form hoping that it would allow me to get help asynchronously without having to get an appointment.

The response I got was pretty much "call us". Useless. I have a feeling that form I filled will never be looked at again.

[antihero]

Once interviewed for them and the bait-n-switched the salary (or the recruiter massively inflated it, who knows - was advertised to be an 80K senior job and they were actually like nah we're only offering 60K).