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It does the required amount of steps or its CBDC account is fined and its social credit score is docked.

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And it mustn't forget to put the doggy in the basket.

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Will "benefit scroungers" need to do 10k steps every day or risk getting sanctioned? Will you need to prove you are excelling in self care before you are allowed to join the back of the 3 year waiting list for an operation?

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As a disabled benefits claimant this is terrifying.

Sad thing is we can't put it past them. Being on benefits is already like living in a panopticon.

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Based on the UK govt / public sector record developing software it won't work even at that price tag. I reckon I could bring it in for around £250K (i have a software development company and 30 years experience), that would include the first year's support and maintenance.

If it does (and it won't unless I build it) then they would have to potentially supply every user with a phone because it's not a legal requirement to have a smartphone - indeed this might encourage people to throw them away and benefit from improved mental health by being untethered.

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This is nonsense, Tom. Let me provide you with some statistics lifted from Wikipedia:

"As of June 2021, the app had almost 5 million monthly users. In May and June 2021, over 1.2 million repeat prescriptions and 100,000 GP appointments were arranged through the app. By mid-July, eight weeks after the addition of COVID-19 vaccination status, over 10 million users had registered with the app. By June 2022, there were 28 million patients registered. In the year to May 2022, over 16 million repeat prescriptions were ordered, 1.3 million GP appointments were booked, GP records were viewed more than 90 million times, and 277,000 organ donation decisions were registered."

It is much more than just a step-counter. Its continued development is fantastic news, and it is one of the rare (but increasing in numbers) successful government IT projects. Sam

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Isn't this a new app they are talking about, nothing to do with the one you quote about from wikipedia?

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I don't think so Paul. I thinks it's a further development of the existing very successful app. See below. But I may have the wrong end of the stick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_app

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It's we I use for my Type 1 boy, it's an excellent app compared to the old system of calling the GP

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Bang on the money as usual sir! Data mining is big business, throwing £400m+ at creating a new way to exploit the citizenry should ring alarm bells for voters. I volunteer for U.K. Biobank.. I am not averse to govt funding research or contributing to the data. Abusing the NHS’s name is the new Tory cash cow though, & it stinks rotten.

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