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News & Views
Busy GPs Set To Consult You Online
Date: 06/09/11
Getting an appointment with your doctor can be almost as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. Once you're given an appointment time, there's always the chance that you'll have to wait much longer than expected before you actually walk into your doctor's consultation room... only to be seen for a measly 15 minutes tops!
Technology will make it better
However, according to Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, the UK's National Health Service's (NHS) medical director,this frustrating scenario will soon be a thing of the past. According to new plans drawn up we'll soon be able to have an online consultation with our GPs.
Yep, that's right, instead of seeing your doctor face-to- face, you'll be able to use Skype or even smartphone applications to discuss your health concerns. In fact, Sir Bruce is so optimistic about these plans that he believes it will completely revolutionise the way medicine is delivered to patients, giving patients access to their doctor almost any time of the day, anywhere in the country...
In all honesty, when I first read about this, the first thing that sprung to mind was one of those annoying call centre voices saying: 'Please be patient. Unfortunately, you have phoned during one of our busiest times and your call is now held in a queue. Your doctor will consult you as soon as possible. However, choosing one of the following options will help the NHS direct your call to the right consultant: One — if you have a nasty rash. Two — if you have chest pains or feel dizzy. Three — if your chest is tight and you cannot breathe...'
If you ask me, this crazy idea will almost certainly put the NHS even further in the dog house. The promise that patients will have 24/7 access to doctors is one step away from being ridiculous... surgeries are already under-staffed and as a result doctors can barely cope with the amount of patients they must see, which makes taking Skype calls at all hours, day and night, a near impossibility! Adding to that, there's also the question of how long your Skype call will be allowed to last? 2 minutes? 5?
Rehashing an old idea
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there already an NHS helpline in place? From personal experience, when phoning the helpline (depending on the problem at hand) you're either told to stay at home until the sniffles, headache or stomach cramps pass, or to get to a hospital as soon as possible to stop the bleeding or have your wounds stitched up... Most people can figure this out for themselves without the help of a doctor and if you have serious health problems you will almost certainly get yourself to an emergency room instead of phoning a helpline for advice.
Don't get me wrong, I am not against improving our National Health Service... but the keyword is 'improvement' and these plans will certainly cut patients' access to doctors or worse still, transfer out-of-hours care to overseas call centres... and we all know how effective those are!
Call me old fashioned, but I still like to get personal care and attention from my doctor. However, if the NHS goes ahead with this proposed technological revolution we will all soon be logging on to check our own temperature and blood pressure or to examine if our glands are swollen or our throats are red or inflamed and simply confirm our symptoms with a white coat who may as well be on the other side of the planet, before we reach for our own prescription pads to write out our own scripts for the recommended drug.
If this is the future of delivering medicine to patients, then we may as well get our very own medical qualifications and scrap GP services as a whole... The only benefit I see in this is that I won't have to argue with my GP about trying alternative treatments first, before being told to swallow a dangerous pharmaceutical drug.
Sources:
The Shocking Truth About Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, published online 16.08.11, articles.mercola.com
The Secret Ingredient In Your Orange Juice, published online, foodrenegade.com
Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes, published online, 06.05.09, civileats.com
‘Tropicana Orange Juice, Flavour Packs, and the Food Industry’ published online, 19.05.10, christinescottcheng.wordpress.com
Back to topTechnology will make it better
However, according to Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, the UK's National Health Service's (NHS) medical director,this frustrating scenario will soon be a thing of the past. According to new plans drawn up we'll soon be able to have an online consultation with our GPs.
Yep, that's right, instead of seeing your doctor face-to- face, you'll be able to use Skype or even smartphone applications to discuss your health concerns. In fact, Sir Bruce is so optimistic about these plans that he believes it will completely revolutionise the way medicine is delivered to patients, giving patients access to their doctor almost any time of the day, anywhere in the country...
In all honesty, when I first read about this, the first thing that sprung to mind was one of those annoying call centre voices saying: 'Please be patient. Unfortunately, you have phoned during one of our busiest times and your call is now held in a queue. Your doctor will consult you as soon as possible. However, choosing one of the following options will help the NHS direct your call to the right consultant: One — if you have a nasty rash. Two — if you have chest pains or feel dizzy. Three — if your chest is tight and you cannot breathe...'
If you ask me, this crazy idea will almost certainly put the NHS even further in the dog house. The promise that patients will have 24/7 access to doctors is one step away from being ridiculous... surgeries are already under-staffed and as a result doctors can barely cope with the amount of patients they must see, which makes taking Skype calls at all hours, day and night, a near impossibility! Adding to that, there's also the question of how long your Skype call will be allowed to last? 2 minutes? 5?
Rehashing an old idea
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there already an NHS helpline in place? From personal experience, when phoning the helpline (depending on the problem at hand) you're either told to stay at home until the sniffles, headache or stomach cramps pass, or to get to a hospital as soon as possible to stop the bleeding or have your wounds stitched up... Most people can figure this out for themselves without the help of a doctor and if you have serious health problems you will almost certainly get yourself to an emergency room instead of phoning a helpline for advice.
Don't get me wrong, I am not against improving our National Health Service... but the keyword is 'improvement' and these plans will certainly cut patients' access to doctors or worse still, transfer out-of-hours care to overseas call centres... and we all know how effective those are!
Call me old fashioned, but I still like to get personal care and attention from my doctor. However, if the NHS goes ahead with this proposed technological revolution we will all soon be logging on to check our own temperature and blood pressure or to examine if our glands are swollen or our throats are red or inflamed and simply confirm our symptoms with a white coat who may as well be on the other side of the planet, before we reach for our own prescription pads to write out our own scripts for the recommended drug.
If this is the future of delivering medicine to patients, then we may as well get our very own medical qualifications and scrap GP services as a whole... The only benefit I see in this is that I won't have to argue with my GP about trying alternative treatments first, before being told to swallow a dangerous pharmaceutical drug.
Sources:
The Shocking Truth About Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, published online 16.08.11, articles.mercola.com
The Secret Ingredient In Your Orange Juice, published online, foodrenegade.com
Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes, published online, 06.05.09, civileats.com
‘Tropicana Orange Juice, Flavour Packs, and the Food Industry’ published online, 19.05.10, christinescottcheng.wordpress.com
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