Health app can be downloaded onto phones for first time

The MyCare.Scot app which allows users to access their own medical information has been made available as an app for smartphones for the first time.  

The Scottish Government said the first version of the free app will allow people to view their medications and allergies, check their vaccination history and use the national service finder to find local health and wellbeing services.

It follows the successful roll-out of a web-based service that began in NHS Lanarkshire in December 2025 and began roll-out nationally in April.

The app will continue to develop through to 2030, to enable users to check appointments, provide information about themselves and receive digital letters through MyCare.scot. 

Health secretary Angela Constance said: “The availability of MyCare.scot on the app store is an important milestone in this government’s programme to give people a single, secure digital access point to their personal health information.  

“I am clear that our NHS in Scotland will never be for sale. That is why the app has been developed within the public sector, protecting the privacy of patient medical records and ensuring best value for the taxpayer.” 

Karen Reid, chief executive of Public Services Delivery Scotland added: “MyCare.scot is about beginning to make it simpler for people in Scotland to access their own health and social care information, in a way that is secure and easy to use. The new mobile app is an important step forward, helping people find what they need quickly, to inform their care.”

Scottish Labour’s health spokesperson, Jackie Baillie, welcomed the launch of the app but said it was “almost a decade behind” similar technology in England.

She said: “After years of dither and delay, SNP ministers are only now starting to catch up. Although, it is regrettable that patients in Scotland have to wait even longer before they are able to do basic things like book appointments and order prescriptions.

“This needs to be a top priority for the Scottish Government. The SNP’s failure to modernise our NHS has piled pressure on services and has made it harder for patients to access the care they need.”