Scotland’s version of the NHS App will not be made available across the country until April 2026, the Scottish government has announced.
The online service, renamed from ‘Digital Front Door’ to ‘MyCare.Scot’, will be delivered in partnership with CGI following a £27.8 million contract signed in May 2025.
After the initial launch in December 2025 to dermatology outpatients in Lanarkshire, the service will be expanded to hospital-based services, before including other areas such as GP practices, pharmacy, social work and social care.
Neil Gray, health secretary, said: “MyCare.Scot is the single biggest digital innovation in Scotland’s health and social care system and will revolutionise how people manage and receive their healthcare.
“The introduction of this app will be a landmark moment for Scotland and aligns with the commitments this Government has made to bringing down waiting lists, and making care more personal and closer to home.
“Our initial launch in NHS Lanarkshire will help us ensure the MyCare app is robust, safe, secure, and meets peoples’ needs.
“I am delighted we will then see a population-wide rollout from April and we have today published a high-level summary rollout plan setting out our approach.”
He added that Scottish government has worked closely with NHS Education for Scotland and key stakeholders to develop the service.
“I want to thank everyone who has worked hard to help us reach this stage and to ensure we deliver rollout of the app across the country from April,” Gray said.
Users will be provided with a secure digital identity, access to some personal information and the national service finder from NHS inform.
The initial launch in Lanarkshire will be evaluated, with the app’s development reflecting user feedback, before being rolled out across Scotland.
John Swinney, first minister, announced in January 2025 that the country’s platform would launch by the end of year.
The Scottish government has been working on the app since 2022 and its delayed rollout has attracted criticism from opposition parties.
Jackie Baillie MSP, deputy leader of the Labour party, said: “By the time this app is finally rolled out in full, the technology will already be obsolete.
“The SNP has had two decades to modernise our NHS but we still have doctors relying on pagers, GPs using fax machines and an app that only works for one service in one health board.”
Meanwhile, Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP, Scottish Conservative health spokesman, said: “After years of promising an NHS App, the SNP have still delivered a half-baked version.
“We have repeatedly called for this to be rolled out to support patients and staff but instead the nationalists have been unable to do the basics and have squandered millions in the process.
“Patients south of the border have been able to use an app for years.
“Yet in SNP-run Scotland we are still living in the analogue age while everyone else has moved onto digital.”
An internal review carried out by the Scottish government in March 2025 found that there were “still significant difficulties” with the app’s delivery.
