Monday 13 November 2017

Doctors threaten court action in bid to prevent smartphone consultation service from going ahead

Doctors threaten court action in bid to prevent smartphone consultation service from going ahead Family doctors have threatened court action to prevent a newly launched smartphone video consultation service from going ahead.

Delegates at the British Medical Association's annual GP's conference said the new GP at Hand service, which offers remote appointments within two hours, risked "favouring the well above the ill".

Run by technology company Babylon, the service became available to millions of patients in London on Monday and will soon extend across the country.

The firm is encouraging patients to switch from their current GP surgery, which critics said risked "cherrypicking" the most healthy while depriving practices of the money needed to care for those with more complex illnesses. The Daily Telegraph

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