Why 'Zoom medicine' is not the answer to all our ills | Josh Hall App-happy Matt Hancock wants telemedicine to be the new norm. But many chronically ill people depend on face-to-face care
Telemedicine has arrived in the NHS. The pandemic has seen a dramatic shift in the provision of healthcare, away from in-person appointments and towards remote arrangements. While this might appear to be a temporary measure for social-distancing purposes, at the end of last month, the health secretary Matt Hancock, said the changes are here to stay. The UK needs “more Zoom medicine,” he said, telling the Royal College of Physicians that “from now on, all consultations should be teleconsultations unless there’s a compelling clinical reason not to”. The Guardian
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