NHS will force "virtual GPs" to open face-to-face practices in bid to tackle growing crisis

NHS will force "virtual GPs" to open face-to-face practices in bid to tackle growing crisis The NHS will force "virtual GPs" to open physical practices in an attempt to address growing shortages of doctors in many parts of the country.

Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS will announce that companies offering NHS patients appointments by Skype must also open a local surgery offering face-to-face appointments.

It follows warnings that hundreds of villages have lost their GP surgery amid a deepening crisis across the country, which is hitting rural areas hardest. The Daily Telegraph