It is estimated that around 15 million people annually miss medical appointments in the UK. Apparently, this costs the UK government millions of pounds of revenue loss. TMC, a leading provider of global corporate communications, has come up with a novel idea which they claim will reduce this percentage by about 30% - the Messaging Center. This is an SMS service that is on a free trial offer to hospitals, companies, government healthcare departments and any other company.

The idea is that the service will remind registered users of their medical appointments, medication etc., using a text message. That certainly seems to be a no-brainer, but what really impresses me is that someone thought of this service in the first place - confirms my belief that all great ideas come from simple solutions to day-to-day issues.