The NHS is to launch a “virtual A&E” service, encouraging millions of patients to use technology to assess how ill they are in a bid to reduce casualty and outpatient appointments. In a ...

The digital unit of the health service NHSX has reported that the majority of GPs across England have adopted video consultations and other digital services as a means to continue to operate through ...

In a recent review published in BJC reports, a group of authors assessed the opportunities and challenges brought on by the swift transition to virtual consultations (VC) in the United Kingdom (UK) ...

The idea of telehealth is a simple one: healthcare delivered at a distance, most likely through a video call to your smartphone or PC. The idea has been around for almost as long as broadband internet ...

While most GP practices have switched to telephone consultations to keep in line with social-distancing rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an NHS Trust in Birmingham is going one step further and ...

Cutting back on virtual wards would be “short-sighted” and lead to longer hospital stays and more readmissions, a leading consultant has warned. Dr Andrew Barlow, a respiratory physician and clinical ...

NHS Improvement and NHS England have signed a national deal with tech supplier Visionable to provide a video platform allowing prisons across the country to link up with NHS hospitals. The platform ...

The insights into patients’ lives can help tailor treatment to their individual needs, says Jan Till Remote hospital clinics were brought in with little-to-no introduction, part way through the ...