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3 November 2015

Demand for GP e-consultations ‘low’

Seven day working and e-consultations may be popular with politicians but they have not gone down well with patients, an
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19 August 2015

Barts cancer patients use Skype

Cancer doctors at Saint Bartholomewā€™s Hospital are monitoring patients from home via Skype video link.
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18 May 2015

Tech part of 7-day NHS – Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron today used his first major speech since the election to push forward the Conservative Partyā€™s plans
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23 March 2015

Joeā€™s view of telehealth

On holiday in the Alps, Joe McDonald invents teleplumbing. Now heā€™s got big plans for Skypiatryā€¦
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6 June 2014

Hunt’s pet project – Skyping GPs

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the NHS to ā€œput its head above the parapetā€ and make more creative use
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15 April 2014

Challenge Fund pilots announced

NHS England has unveiled details of the 20 GP projects that will benefit from the Ā£50m Challenge Fund to improve
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12 March 2014

North Staffs plans Skype consultations

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust plans to use Skype for video consultations in its outpatient department.
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27 November 2013

Another view

Neil Paul has been thinking about the future of GP practice. It needs to change, he argues, and IT needs
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20 December 2012

The holly and free wi-fi

John Popham is running a campaign to bring free wi-fi to hospitals. He tells Lis Evenstad that it can keep
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3 September 2012

Newham Skype pilot cuts DNAs

A pilot of diabetes patients having outpatient appointments via Skype has reduced A&E attendances amongst participants.
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