Department of Health Your favourite existing health app

A 'website-based-app'; - an easy and innovative way to measure, track and record comments on your state of mind, allowing you to see what things in life bring you up/down - your results can be sent to friends and carers, alerting them if you're down - the process of self-measuring in this way in itself seems to help self-awareness, maintenance of balance, and recovery (see the tremendous comments below) - the daily... more »

HealthUnlocked is an online support network for Patient Organizations that plugs into clinical care. We already have over 30 organizations on board and the network is growing every day. It lets patients share experiences, monitor their health, and share the outcome of their treatment with doctors online using PROMs (Patient Recorded Outcome Measures) as well as symptom tracking tools. Patients involved in these networks... more »

My favourite existing app - FoodWiz.co. Created by a mother of children with food allergies. A newly launched app for people with food allergies and intolerances, fully supported by Allergy UK and the major supermarkets. There is now no need to spend hours trying to read small print on food packaging to see if it is 'safe'. Download FoodWiz onto your smartphone and input the ingredients you wish to avoid; eg, nuts,... more »

“Florence” or “Flo” is an NHS owned, low cost web app designed to enable many thousands of patients take responsibility for the monitoring and management of their own condition or treatment. Flo allows multiple healthcare teams to share patient information and assist patients in the management of their own care for a single or multiple conditions. Flo is used to: -Regularly collect, monitor and alert on any biometric... more »

FREE app, just launched, built around comprehensive NHS Choices database: "Healthcare in your Pocket". • search and navigate to/contact local NHS services • interactive touch operated health A-Z • emergency button for quick access to NHS Direct and emergency services in UK and abroad • “ICE” template to store emergency contacts and key health information for quick recall http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pockethealth/id445559088?mt=8... more »

Cycling is one of the best forms of exercise there is - and can done as part of a daily routine (e.g. going to work/shops/etc.) rather than something that needs time specially allocated. CycleStreets helps people discover practical routes for cycling, away from traffic - which are not always obvious if you're only used to driving. Just enter a start point and finish point, and CycleStreets will give you the best route!... more »

My favourite map is the Bowel Cancer Map http://www.bowelcancermap.org An interactive tool to provide bowel cancer data for your area and to highlight variations in mortality and incidence across the UK. The Map is an ongoing project and in time will become an information resource used to support and empower patients whilst making decisions about their treatment and care, to highlight inequalities in outcomes for bowel... more »

The app helps people find out about all the possible warning signs and symptoms of cancer, and encourages them to get checked out as soon as they notice any unusual changes in their bodies.This is important as many people put off seeing the doctor, thinking they'll waste the GP's time The app features an interactive anatomical map of cancer ‘hotspots’, and includes video content featuring doctors’ advice and real-life... more »

Carbs & Cals - it is a fantastic app for people with diabetes and also if you are trying to lose weight as it shows you pictures of different portions of food. Great for carbohydrate counting if you have Type 1 diabetes.

The ‘Patient Safety Manual’ originally existed in paper format and had been created by senior consultants from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to aid junior doctors. Over several years this paper manual evolved into an invaluable guide to common clinical situations, such as chest pain, alcohol withdrawal or hypertension, and commonly needed reference material, such as optimum fluid management, common drug doses... more »

At Birmingham Children's Hospital we are developing an app that is a paediatric anaesthetic drug dose calculator based on the drugs in our formulary that we use every day. These doses will have been checked by our pharmacists and anaesthetic consultants. Our hospital anaesthetic guidelines for emergency care of children will be available at a glance. This will provide an easy check for our doctors giving drugs and care... more »

iBreastCheck by Breakthrough Breast Cancer - vital issue, practical tool that shows how to check for breast cancer symptoms, gives really practical reminders and allows users to take their own risk factor test. Highly recommend all women (and men) should have this vital app.

VitalPAC is an award-winning app that works within a secure, closed hospital wireless network. It ensures that doctors and nurses assess and monitor their patients correctly, and as often as needed. Alarmingly, many thousands of hospital patients die every year worldwide because clinicians fail to notice or fail to respond promptly to patients who are deteriorating or have other high risk conditions such as infections... more »

Alcoapp

iphone app which uses established formulae to show people how their blood alcohol level will rise and fall after a drink, it also shows the astonishing increase in the risks of having an accident while driving with various alcohol levels.

NHS South Central SHA has recently produced two learning modules in the form of apps for mobile phones. Aimed primarily at nurses and midwives, one provides refresher learning on Adult Drug Calculations, the other on the Compatibility of Injectable Medicines. Developed with content from local subject experts, both are free to anyone in the UK with an iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device. Google 'Adult Drug Calculations... more »