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NHS patients will soon be able to Skype with their GPs

Will NHS users soon be able to see their doctors seven days a week, in and out of office hours via email, Skype or phone?

Will NHS users soon be able to see their doctors seven days a week, in and out of office hours via email, Skype or phone? The answer is yes, according to the British Journal of Healthcare Computing, particularly if new proposals announced  by Prime Minister David Cameron come to fruition. Forming part of the drive by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for more use of modern communications technologies in the NHS, such facilities could form part of the move to electronic prescriptions, online appointment bookings and online registrations, scheduled to start being introduced in the 2014-15 timeframe. And from this week,

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