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Are online consultations the way forward?

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Are online consultations the way forward?

September 23, 2014 by

Wales offer elderly digital appointments Elderly patients could be offered online consultations with hospital doctors to prevent them having to travel long distances for appointments. The pilot scheme in rural north Wales will see patients be able to go to their local GP surgery and have an internet video link appointment with their hospital consultant. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: consultant, consultation, doctor, GP, hospital, old, patient, travel, Wales

Waiting for GP appointments could make patients more ill

September 12, 2014 by

650,000 patients found it difficult to get an appointment with their doctor The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Wales claim that patients struggling to get GP appointments could be getting sicker and need more expensive treatments as they delay visiting overworked GP’s. With an estimated 650,000 people in Wales finding it difficult to nab … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: consultation, doctor, GP, NHS, surgeries, Wales

GP phone consultations increase workload by 33%

August 4, 2014 by

75% of patients require a second consultation A new study has shown that introducing GP phone consultations instead of face to face appointments does not ease pressures in hectic surgeries – in fact, it increases the workload. Researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School analysed 42 practices, where a GP or nurse phoned back … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: consultation, demand, doctor, GP, NHS, nurse, phone, pressure

Should patients be charged for GP appointments?

July 3, 2014 by

  The front page of a newspaper wouldn’t be the same without a story focusing around the struggling NHS budget. Every day, we hear new reports about how our public health service is trying to find innovative ways to locate money from somewhere to fund all the services and improvements we have come to expect … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: consultation, doctor, fees, GP, patient

65% of people avoid going to the doctors

June 26, 2014 by

Sometimes, when we are feeling too rough for words, we just need to bite the bullet and head to the doctors. However, Pearl.com have revealed that 65% of Americans actively avoid going to the doctors, with 21% too embarrassed to talk to their GP about their health problems. Over half of the patients surveyed even … [Read more…]

Posted in: Infographics, NHS and Industry News Tagged: consultation, doctor, GP, infographic, visit

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