If your phone has three or four health apps on it, one for each hospital you visit, that clutter is about to go. The enhanced HealthHub app is taking over from SingHealth’s Health Buddy, the NUHS App and the NHG Health app, with the unification targeted for November 2026. The cluster apps will then be switched off progressively by February 2027, so you have roughly three months of overlap to move over.
Both sets of apps run side by side during the changeover. Your appointments and records do not disappear in the meantime, but the advice on when to switch differs depending on which hospital group you use.
Which apps the enhanced HealthHub app replaces
Singapore’s three public healthcare clusters each built their own patient app over the years. All three are being folded into HealthHub, the national app run by Synapxe:
- Health Buddy, used for SingHealth institutions such as SGH, Changi General, Sengkang General, KKH and SingHealth Polyclinics
- NUHS App, for the National University Health System
- NHG Health app, for NHG Health hospitals and polyclinics
Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How announced the plan on 2 July 2026 at NHG Health’s CHI Innovate 2026 conference. The scope is public healthcare only for now, so a private clinic’s own app is a separate matter.
There is a money angle too. In a parliamentary reply, MOH said HealthHub costs about S$18 million a year to run, and the three cluster apps add about S$3.6 million on top. One app instead of four is simpler for patients and cheaper to maintain.
What to do now, app by app
Health Buddy users (SingHealth)
SingHealth’s message is the most direct: download HealthHub now to keep getting healthcare updates and reminders. Its FAQ says Health Buddy stays available until February 2027 and then stops, and it recommends switching as early as possible. Appointments, medical records and services stay reachable on both apps during the transition.
NUHS App users
NUHS is more cautious. Its app FAQ says the new HealthHub is still being finalised and cannot yet replace every NUHS App feature, so patients should keep using the NUHS App for now. NUHS says it will contact users when it is time to switch.
The reassuring bit from NUHS: your health data sits in the hospital’s systems, not in the app. Deleting the NUHS App only removes it from your phone, and your records should be there when you log in to HealthHub.
NHG Health app users
We could not find an NHG-specific switching notice yet. The national timeline still applies, so expect the NHG Health app to be retired by February 2027 and keep an eye out for messages from your NHG Health clinic or hospital.
What the enhanced HealthHub app can do
According to HealthHub’s download page, the app covers most of the everyday admin you used to do across several apps:
- Log in with a biometric scan for selected e-services
- View immunisation records, lab test reports, medical alerts and adverse drug reactions
- Book and manage appointments
- Get a polyclinic queue number digitally; HealthHub suggests registering 30 to 90 minutes before your appointment
- Pay outstanding medical bills and manage prescription refills
- Add family members’ health profiles and give caregivers access
Healthier SG enrolment also sits in HealthHub, which is handy if you have been putting it off (our Healthier SG 2026 guide explains what you get). Your immunisation records there also help you work out if you are due for jabs such as the updated COVID-19 vaccine.
One gap to watch if you used Health Buddy for fitness tracking. Health Buddy’s HealthUP! tools included blood pressure and blood glucose trackers plus medicine and exercise reminders, and SingHealth has not said whether those move across. If you rely on them, note down your readings before February 2027.
How to log in and set up caregiver access
You have three ways in:
- The HealthHub app on the App Store or Google Play
- A web browser at eservices.healthhub.sg
- The Singpass app, via HealthHub’s passkey link at go.gov.sg/passkeys-healthhub
If you manage appointments for ageing parents or young kids, set up caregiver access early rather than in a February rush. Add each loved one under Health Profiles, then check that their appointments and records show up correctly before their old cluster app goes dark.
Synapxe and the clusters have said help will be available for seniors and residents who are less comfortable with apps. HealthHub’s website carries FAQs and download guides, and HealthHub content like our haze exercise guide is a reminder that the app is also a decent health reference, not just a booking tool.
Watch out for scam messages during the switch
Any big app migration is a gift to scammers, so be a bit kiasu here. Only download HealthHub from the official app stores or the healthhub.sg website, and ignore texts with links asking you to “update” your hospital app.
NUHS reminds patients it will never ask you to transfer money or share bank details over the phone. If something feels off, call the ScamShield helpline at 1799 before you click anything.
