Skype Archives

3 November 2015

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

19 August 2015

Cancer doctors at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital are monitoring patients from home via Skype video link.

18 May 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron today used his first major speech since the election to push forward the Conservative Party’s plans

23 March 2015

On holiday in the Alps, Joe McDonald invents teleplumbing. Now he’s got big plans for Skypiatry…

6 June 2014

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the NHS to “put its head above the parapet” and make more creative use

15 April 2014

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

12 March 2014

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

27 November 2013

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

20 December 2012

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

3 September 2012

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

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