ON March 19th, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) became the 100th acute NHS Trust to successfully integrate its online patient portal with the NHS App, offering patients quick and easy access to their electronic health information using their smartphone, tablet or computer.

The NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services, currently used by millions of patients to view messages, order prescriptions and more.

My Alex Health is PAHT’s new patient portal, a web-based, secure digital service where patients can access information relating to their care at the Trust. The portal works in a similar way to the NHS App but is specific to the care provided in hospital.

To access My Alex Health, patients first need to register using this link [add]. After they’ve done so, if they have the NHS App installed they can also use it to log in to My Alex Health.

My Alex Health is being rolled out gradually, but once fully live a patient will be able to:

confirm attendance to their appointments
request changes to their own appointment schedule
complete assessments and questionnaires from home
view all hospital letters digitally
receive appointment reminders on their phone

Patients are encouraged to register for My Alex Health and the NHS App as soon as possible. That way they can be ready to access their appointments information as soon as it goes live in the portal.