NHS: Amazon

(asked on 2nd October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with Amazon to ensure that the health information to be made available through Alexa, announced on 10 July 2019, will be accessible to people with speech, language and communication needs.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 8th October 2019

In response to questions asked by users, the information that Amazon Alexa provides is taken directly from the National Health Service website. This NHS-accredited information is already available for free to anyone with access to the internet, including those who have speech, language and communication needs. Amazon Alexa provides an alternative way in which the public are able to access professional NHS-verified information. This technology enables patients, including the elderly, blind or those unable to access the internet via traditional means, to receive professional NHS-verified health information within seconds through simple voice commands.

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