Proving ones identity to use NHS app

Use tin soldiers information

In my experience, most systems used by the government are a mess, not least the NHS one mentioned. I eventually managed to register on it after an age of messing about. It took three days for them to email me to confirm they had validated my ID. I had by then withdrawn from the paperless system they want you to use for hospital letters and now have the dubious comfort of postal communication from the hospital, worrying as I am undergoing important treatment and need timely notifications. What a mess the NHS, and this country as a whole, is in!

I've no desire for an identity card as the passport serves perfectly well as a form of ID and should you choose to travel then you are sorted. I do not want to have pay for yet another government document, and you can be sure it would be expensive and mandatory. It would not be free, in fact it was going to be more expensive than a passport.
I was very pleased when the whole idea was scrapped. There are enough things to shell out for without introducing yet another document. Neither do I want taxpayers having to pay for more civil servants to manage the identity cards.

RunaroundSue

I do think people get mixed up with the NHS app and the Doctors surgery App.

I think you’re right, there’s your GP app, in our case Patient Access and the NHS app, I use the latter only. Quite why there are multiples is beyond me. Similarly online contact for appointments etc vary, our surgery uses e consult, it’s a snapshot of inefficiency and no joined up thinking.

RunaroundSue

I first visited the doctors surgery and asked how to go about going online for prescriptions etc.. They gave me a form which I filled in and handed back then they sent me a passcode by text with a website address, I logged in with all the details they sent me and it has been fantastic. There is another NHS website that does ask for all the I.D things you mention but it is not the GP website one, they are both different systems.

When we first moved in (during Covid) I managed to register with my GP and get my online account with them just by speaking to them on the phone - no forms, no email, just a competent receptionist at the other end of the line. And all within one day.

NanaTuesday

will have to get another passport but will I be able to do that I wonder?

This unfortunately is the way forward a huge amount of people apply for passports for this purpose.only . People of all ages who have never been abroad and have no plans to do so now apply as a means of identification.
You will also need one for “ Voting “
The Tory Government got rid of the idea of ID Identify Cards . The Passport Office were ready to roll with this completely .

You don't need a passport for voting. You can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate. www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id?utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=paid-media&utm_campaign=en-voter_id-googleads-ppc-england-en-na-fy23/24&utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=paid-media&utm_campaign=en-voter_id-googleads-ppc-england-en-na-fy23/24&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw8diwBhAbEiwA7i_sJeofYThD18UPIuO3lOzEwRLscbp5L0uTzO2hQm6DXYztzzyDyKMvGhoCSOAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

grumppa

Dare one suggest that ID cards might have their uses?

Yes, I agree. I do still have a driving licence but no passport.

will have to get another passport but will I be able to do that I wonder?

This unfortunately is the way forward a huge amount of people apply for passports for this purpose.only . People of all ages who have never been abroad and have no plans to do so now apply as a means of identification.
You will also need one for “ Voting “
The Tory Government got rid of the idea of ID Identify Cards . The Passport Office were ready to roll with this completely .

I haven't experienced that problem, but I wonder if those voter IDs would do the job ...

Well, my GP uses Patient Access to enable me to order repeat prescriptions, book appointments etc. When I attempted to do this via the NHS App, I ploughed through all the login details only to get a message telling me that the app was unable to connect to my GP practice - and when I went in to ask what had happened, they 'hadn't got a clue'..! So I am unable to view test results etc.

On turning 70 had to renew my driving license. At the time, the DVLA was undegoing upgrading, the only documentation acceptable online was a current passport. Of course mine had expired. Had to renew passport, at a cost, for a free driving license.

The last round of opposition to ID cards was re the risk of over-zealous requirement to produce them. The nation didn’t want it to be mandatory to carry one at all times.

I'm in favour of ID cards but doubt the ability of our civil service to set up the system and then run it efficiently.

I do think people get mixed up with the NHS app and the Doctors surgery App.

I had both (licence only provisional) but it would not do it!- after many goes it linked me to my old doctors surgery so i still cant use to link to New G.p's surgery.its very annoying!

When we applied for extra heating payment due to using LPG we were initially turned down because LPG and other utilities are in my name, council tax in husbands name, bank account and home ownership in joint names. they wanted all the bills in one or joint names. Eventually common-sense prevailed.

Do you have a Bus pass - and if so, would that be acceptable?

Pretty obviously the Tories under the Buffoon thought young voters would be less likely to vote for them so they made the young voter ID less flexible to reduce their voting opportunity. Shabby.

TinSoldier

^A bus pass will suffice as identification for voting purposes.^

Only for older people.

The Elections Act 2022 requires voters to show photo ID at UK Parliamentary elections, police and crime commissioner elections and at local elections in England. The act was criticised in Parliament for permitting as acceptable voter identification "an Older Person’s Bus Pass, an Oyster 60+ Card, a Freedom Pass", while not allowing 18+ student Oyster cards, national railcards, or student ID cards. An amendment in the House of Lords to list these as accepted forms of voter identification was rejected by Boris Johnson's second Conservative government. (Wiki)

Now, why night that have been?

this point was raised on the Laura Kuensberg program recently. Apparently the criteria for identification when getting an older person's bus pass etcetera are tighter than those for getting student oyster cards, national railcards or student ID. It has nothing to do with with age per se.

ID cards could be issued at birth and contain useful information such as NHS number, NI number. It would be a massive undertaking, but worth it in the end. Much fairer than using Driving Licence or Passport.

I had to buy a passport for my Mum as she had no means of ID and after we sold her house, we needed to invest her money. What a nightmare. So many accounts don't allow an LPA to open an account so she needed her own ID.

If you ask at your Gp they will help you get up and running. Without photo id. I saw them help a lady other day who had same issue. I’ve been using it for years once you get the hang of it you will wonder how you managed without even my dentist has his own app. But Ive also got a id for train travel and bus id. I don’t have an issue carrying an id card in uk but I had to carry one when we were in military and if you got nothing to hide then you wouldn’t have a problem

A bus pass will suffice as identification for voting purposes.

Only for older people.

The Elections Act 2022 requires voters to show photo ID at UK Parliamentary elections, police and crime commissioner elections and at local elections in England. The act was criticised in Parliament for permitting as acceptable voter identification "an Older Person’s Bus Pass, an Oyster 60+ Card, a Freedom Pass", while not allowing 18+ student Oyster cards, national railcards, or student ID cards. An amendment in the House of Lords to list these as accepted forms of voter identification was rejected by Boris Johnson's second Conservative government. (Wiki)

Now, why night that have been?

A bus pass will suffice as identification for voting purposes. wo why not for NHS identification? I don't think this has been thought through. At one time, my credit card has a photograph though the bank eventually discontinued photo cards. Recently I unearthed my 83 year old wartime id card - not a lot of use even then as it was not a photo card. I certainly would not say no to the introduction of identity cards but what political party would put that on their manifesto?

Why can most countries in the EU manage it then?