Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of wearable health monitoring devices to preventative health care.

NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health Research, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence amongst others to develop plans to generate evidence about the benefits of digital health apps, which will include wearables.

NHS England and partner organisations have established assessment criteria to look at the quality, safety and effectiveness of digital health and care apps.