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| 2 | +# Feel free to add content and custom Front Matter to this file. |
| 3 | +# To modify the layout, see https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/#overriding-theme-defaults |
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| 5 | +layout: page |
| 6 | +title: New and upcoming features |
| 7 | +parent: About |
| 8 | +nav_order: 2 |
| 9 | +permalink: /about/new-and-upcoming-features |
| 10 | +redirect_from: /features/roadmap |
| 11 | +redirect_from: /about/roadmap |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +--- |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +This page shows the latest updates to NHS Notify and what we plan to work on next. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +This information is a guide. It does not cover everything we do and some things may change. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +You can [contact us]({% link pages/support/support.md %}) if you: |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- have questions about our latest features and upcoming plans |
| 22 | +- want to get involved in user research |
| 23 | +- have suggestions for new features |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## Latest features and updates |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- Enabled users to send text message notifications to prompt recipients to read their messages in the NHS App |
| 28 | +- Provided real-time message statuses so users can check if messages have been successfully delivered (consider removing this) |
| 29 | +- Enabled users to create and manage their own message templates |
| 30 | +- Enabled multiple users to access the same service account so teams can manage work at the same time |
| 31 | +- Let users provide alternative contact details in approved circumstances |
| 32 | +- Introduced more choice for routing plan fallback timings (1 to 72 hours), giving users more flexibility to match message urgency |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## What we're working on now |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- Improving the speed of onboarding new users and providing clearer updates |
| 37 | +- Increasing capacity and reliability of letter printing by adding new print suppliers |
| 38 | +- Allowing users to manage their own routing plans from a list of standard options |
| 39 | +- Improving letter template editing and proofing capabilities within the web interface |
| 40 | +- Alpha testing how secondary care providers can send message content from letters as digital messages using the NHS App |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## What we'll do later |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- Introduce 2-way messaging between patients and clinicians through the NHS App |
| 45 | +- Categorise messages by type to help identify types of messages sent and to report outcomes of different types of messages |
| 46 | +- Enable users to send email notifications for recipients who have not read their messages in the NHS App |
| 47 | +- Develop a more effective approach to reasonable and written language adjustments by using NHS patient flags and data from Patient Data Manager |
| 48 | +- Introduce 2-way messaging between senders and recipients using text messages |
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