NHS ends block on smartphone GPs

NHS ends block on smartphone GPs GP appointments by Skype will be made available across swathes of the country after health officials dropped their opposition to the plans.

The controversial "GP at Hand" model run by private company Babylon is already in operation in London, allowing NHS patients to see a doctor virtually via its app.

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock is one of its patients and has repeatedly said that such access should be offered to all patients wherever they live. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Replace letters to patients with emails, GPs told The Daily Mail
• NHS should ditch ‘downright dangerous’ letters for email, health secretary Matt Hancock to say The Independent