Saturday 21 May 2022 10:19 PM NHS patients to receive £120 private health app to get them fit for surgery trends now
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A health app is promising to shorten hospital stays and speed up recovery from major surgery by helping patients get fitter before they go under the knife.
Private healthcare firm Sapien Health will soon begin working with dozens of NHS Trusts to provide personalised diet plans and exercise programmes on patients’ smartphones in the run-up to operations and during the recovery phase afterwards.
Once patients receive a surgery date and have downloaded the app, a specially trained coach contacts them and goes through a set of questions to determine their fitness level and diet regime. The coaches then design health goals which can be anything from losing weight to
