New GP contract includes increased patient access to digital services
Part of the contract includes GP practices ensuring that they can offer online consultations by April 2020.
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Half a million patients given access to GP video consultations via Q Doctor
The digital-service is now supporting 60 NHS GP practices across England, including Staffordshire, Birmingham, York and Hull.
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Online GP provider LIVI arrives on UK market
The service, which uses the name KRY in Sweden, has partnered up with GP practices in North West Surrey and the North West of England
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AXA advances its health offering with virtual doctor service
Customers will have easy access to primary care via Advance’s medical doctors, which are located in eight main hubs around the world.
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Babylon threatened to sue CQC, emails reveal
A series of emails chronicling the legal spat between Babylon and the Care Quality Commission has been made public, revealing the firm threatened to sue the regulator for any damages arising from an inspection report.
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Babylon Health says AI abilities ‘on par with human doctors’
Babylon Health claims its artificial intelligence (AI) system has demonstrated diagnostic ability that is “on-par with human doctors” after scoring 81% in a Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) exam.
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videoDoc doc discusses life as an online GP
Digital Health News talks to London GP, Dr Kichu Jayakumar, about working as an online doctor for ‘B2D’ service videoDoc.
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NHS England seeks GP and patient views of online consultations
The survey is asking GPs, practice teams and members of the public to submit their views on what they think about online consultations so NHS England can “improve the service and increase the availability and use”
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Aviva embraces digital age with GP app for corporate customers
Insurer Aviva has announced it is collaborating with Now Healthcare Group (NHG) to create a digital doctor service which allows customers to book video consultations with a GP.
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Exclusive: GP at Hand to set up first ‘digital doctor hub’ within a month
Babylon’s GP at Hand is to set up the “first UK digital doctor hub” and has plans to roll out in two other cities in the UK by the end of the year, Digital Health News can exclusively reveal.
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