MEDICINE BALLS
Online rescue?
LABOUR’s big idea to rescue the NHS, as announced by Keir Starmer at the party conference, is more online consultations. “Why not have a doctor see you at home in your living room, on an iPad, talking to you? No queues, no three-hour bus trip, no cancellation letters arriving after the appointment date… Today I can announce a completely digital NHS trust, NHS Online, that will offer millions of appointments… A new chapter in the story of our NHS, harnessing the future, patients in control, waiting times cut for every single person in this country.”