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A Sunday Times/Times Online report describes plans, expected in a major review of the National Health Service in Scotland led by Oxford professor David Kerr, to let patients with conditions such as cancer, diabetes and asthma be monitored at home using specially adapted mobile phones. Patients would enter data about their condition into the phone, which links to an automated alarm system that alerts a nurse if medical intervention is needed, part of a wider push to decentralise care and reduce hospital visits.