GPs need tech, but not as much as we need GPs
@njkobie
What a difference three years make. In 2018, then health secretary Matt Hancock couldn’t stop talking up Babylon, a virtual GP service that allowed patients to video chat with a physician rather than head to the surgery. Indeed, he was criticised for taking part in a paid advertorial in the Evening Standard for the startup health tech firm, in which he said this “revolutionary” technology “allows more resources for the people visiting GPs directly”.
Virtual appointments were the future
