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I asked ChatGPT ‘how would you design health and care around the needs of UK citizens?’ This was the response.

Designing health and care around the needs of UK citizens would require a comprehensive approach that takes into account the diverse needs and preferences of the population. Here are some key considerations:

1. Accessibility: The health and care system should be accessible to all citizens, regardless of their location, income level, or health status. This includes ensuring that there are sufficient healthcare providers and facilities in every region, as well as providing affordable access to care for low-income individuals.
2. Prevention: The system should focus on preventing health problems before they occur, through measures such as education, screening, and early intervention. This could include initiatives to promote healthy lifestyles, reduce risk factors for chronic disease, and improve mental health and wellbeing.
3. Integration: Health and care services should be integrated across the entire care pathway, from prevention to diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of conditions. This would involve collaboration between healthcare providers, social care services, and community organizations to provide coordinated care that meets the needs of the individual.
4. Personalization: The system should be designed to meet the unique needs and preferences of each individual, recognizing that everyone’s health journey is different. This could involve the use of technology and data to tailor care plans to each person’s specific needs, as well as involving patients in decision-making about their care.
5. Innovation: The system should be flexible and adaptable to new technologies and innovations in healthcare. This could include the use of digital health technologies, telemedicine, and other innovations to improve access to care and increase efficiency.
6. Collaboration: Finally, the health and care system should be designed in collaboration with citizens, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders. This would involve engaging with communities to understand their needs and preferences, as well as working with healthcare providers to ensure that services are designed to meet the needs of the population.

In summary, designing health and care around the needs of UK citizens would require a comprehensive approach that takes into account accessibility, prevention, integration, personalization, innovation, and collaboration. By prioritizing these factors, the system could be designed to provide high-quality, accessible, and personalized care to all citizens, regardless of their health status or location.

No it hasn’t. The Digital Technology Assessment Criteria from NHSX asks for compliance with WCAG2.1, but doesn’t insist on it. Just as well really, because if it was the law that we insisted on making reasonable adjustments for people, then Covid would have been rife in the UK. Why? Because 90% of GP websites would more than likely have been illegal! Total triage would have been a total non-starter!

It’s a bit rich that GP premises have to put in a ramp for access, when many of them don’t make much of an effort to make it easy for people to use their website. A digital front door to the NHS? Well for some, but not all. It’s not right, and it is certainly not clever.