U.K., Jan. 5 -- Usage of digital healthcare services provided by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) soared in 2020, according to data compiled by NHS Digital.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak tech services provided by NHS Digital saw unprecedented levels of usage by both patients and frontline staff, as a result of social distancing and the need to access healthcare remotely.
Some of the technologies that have seen the biggest increases include:
The NHS website, one of the biggest health-related websites in the world; usually attracting around 360 million visits a year, which is around 30 million visits a month. As of December 2020 it had an estimated 803 million visits.
The NHS App, which allows people to access service...