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Jonathan White: "SO let me get this straight.. they gave you the NHS Direct self-diagnosis app to review and the first thing you thought is 'how can I get a turn-on out of this'? "
I think you may have got the causal chain backwards there and thsat faced with the daunting task of finding something vaguely NSFW in the iOS walled garden to mark El Reg's "Sex Week" theme this is the best Mr Joseph could do. Now we know the *real* reason the Fruity Fanbois/Fangirls need their own special hookup site... :--)
but I assume you open the app, tell it your symptoms and then it tells you another app will contact you, the other app contacts you tuts and then says they need to speak to another app and will ring you back, the second app then rings you back and says a doctor app will be ringing you, the doctor app rings, you tell it what you told the first app and it says "my god call an ambulance".
When you arrive at A&E they say "why the bleeding hell did you call an ambulance?", to which you respond "NHS Direct", to which they respond "for flips sake, what the flaming hell is their problem, they are the most inept bleeders ever". All swearwords have been removed to protect the innocent.
Is that about the size of it?
You put in your symptoms and in return you get one of three results
OMG!!! U'RE ABT 2 DI!!! CALL 999 NOW!!!
It appears you may have a problem, please leave your number and an NHS Direct Nurse will call you to advise on the situation.
There's nothing wrong with you, you hypochondriac, get a minor ailments consultation at your pharmacy tomorrow morning.
As an iOS user, can somebody explain why my tax money is being spent on developing apps for _any_ platform? The Mobile site seems to work fine.
To the article author:
"worth downloading in case of a medical emergency"? Surely that's what 999 is for?
No signal? The Red Cross First Aid app covers likely emergency situations & I HAVE downloaded that.
Being old, I guess I just don't get why one would need this as an app.
Here's what it asks when you say your shoulders, neck and wrists are hurting again?
Q1) Hang on: didn't we suggest that you rein in that dirty little habit?
Q2) Does your life _really_ need Twitter and Facebook updates 24/7? Have you considered just _talking_ to your one friend, you iPhony?