Hospital at Home: UK first mobile app for lung disease patients...

Jun 23, 2015, 11:42 AM

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, June 2015)

The Royal Stoke has become the first hospital in the UK to treat lung disease sufferers via a mobile phone app.

The programme -- which works on smart phone or tablets -- means doctors can monitor a patient's condition remotely, reducing the number of times they need to visit hospital.

Our reporter EMMA THOMAS has been to see how it works....