Ask Alexa to diagnose your health problems as NHS announces 'world-first' Amazon partnership

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Families will be able to 'Ask Alexa' to help diagnose their health problems under a new deal between Amazon and the NHS

Families will be able to “Ask Alexa” to help diagnose their health problems under a new deal between Amazon and the NHS.

 

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Well there's a recipe for disaster if ever there was one! A huge American company firstly providing generic information, but how long before it's accessing private and medically confidential health information from the NHS? Slippery slopes come to mind.

Soon it will be a 3 week waiting list for Alexa, even tho as we know spaces are available.

LOL Terminally Naive

A doctor will see you in six months, no wait, that’s now cancelled

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