Doctors are assessing patients in phone calls before granting face-to-face appointments

Doctors are assessing patients in phone calls before granting face-to-face appointments The approach is being rolled out across 180 UK surgeries, covering 1.7 million people. Campaigners worry GPs will miss symptoms they would have spotted at close hand. The Daily  Mail

See also:

• GPs trained to give patients phone consultations instead of in-person appointments The Daily Telegraph
• Quarter of GPs happy to give mobile phone number to patients GP Online