E-consultations with GPs end up with four in ten going to see the doctor E-consultations with GPs end up with four in ten patients going to the doctor anyway, new research suggests.
Health officials have launched a £45m national drive to encourage online GP consultations, in a bid to improve access to doctors amid lengthening waiting times.
But the study of 36 GP practices offering consultations by email found extremely low take up.
And two thirds of those who attempted to get advice via email ended up either seeing a GP, or having to speak to them on the phone anyway, the University of Bristol study found. The Daily Telegraph
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Health officials have launched a £45m national drive to encourage online GP consultations, in a bid to improve access to doctors amid lengthening waiting times.
But the study of 36 GP practices offering consultations by email found extremely low take up.
And two thirds of those who attempted to get advice via email ended up either seeing a GP, or having to speak to them on the phone anyway, the University of Bristol study found. The Daily Telegraph
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