Boots to launch in-store video GP service with LIVI
From 19 September, customers will be able to drop into select Boots stores and get health advice from a GP via LIVI’s video consultation platform.
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Fast follower Royal Oldham trials video technology for translation services
A video unit will be installed within the ante-natal care outpatient department to support people who need interpretation and translation support.
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Newham CCG rolls out video consultations across 20 GP practices
Patients in the north-east London borough will be able to book video consultations with a GP via the Patient Access application and eventually the NHS app.
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‘Skype doctors’ prevent 3,000 A&E visits in Manchester
The on-call Skype NHS team takes around 8,000 calls per year from wardens working in sheltered accommodation, care home staff and community teams.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s mobile app news includes mental health apps topping the list of most frequently used in Salford Royal’s own library.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals offers video link for outpatient appointments
Using the Virtual Clinic platform by Involve Visual Collaboration, patients can access a clinicians from the comfort of their own home.
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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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NUH and Macmillan pilot new ‘virtual clinic’ for tumour patients
Virtual Clinic was trialled as part of efforts to help improve care for patients with brain tumours across the East Midlands.
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NHS Highland trials GP Near Me video service in Wick
The new GP Near Me service is being tested with patients of Riverview Practice in the town of Wick, Caithness, in the north of Scotland.
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GP practices to begin trials of video consultations with Now Healthcare
The Now GP app will be used by five groups of NHS practices and one ‘very large’ GP practice in England to facilitate video consultations with patients.
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