Hancock: GP appointments 'should be by phone or video'

Hancock: GP appointments 'should be by phone or video' People should have phone or video consultations with their doctors unless there is a clinical reason not to, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says.  

He said there had been a "hugely positive" response to virtual appointments during the coronavirus pandemic.

And there now needed to be a shift towards more "Zoom medicine," he added. BBC News

See also:

• The Dr will Zoom you now: getting the most out of the virtual health and care experience National Voices
• The doctor will WhatsApp you now: Matt Hancock to announce NHS reforms in wake of coronavirus The Daily Telegraph
• GPs urge caution over health secretary's push for 'all' consultations to be remote GPonline
• 'Remote first' GP appointments must be handled with care The Guardian