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- Title
Editorials Remote by default general practice: must we, should we, dare we?
- Authors
Greenhalgh, Trisha; Rosen, Rebecca
- Abstract
The UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's announcement that all consultations should henceforth be remote by default[1] recurred like a discordant leitmotif in the recent Royal College of General Practitioners' virtual conference, I A Fresh Approach to General Practice i .[2] Speakers and audience members alike acknowledged that remote consulting has some real strengths, but recoiled from the idea of remote as the norm from which the traditional face-to-face consultation would deviate. Even when remote consultations are the policy default, the decision as to whether a remote consultation is best for the patient, the practice staff, and the wider community is an ethical, case-based judgement that cannot be over-protocolised.
- Subjects
TELEPHONE in medicine; COVID-19 pandemic; PATIENTS' families; MEDICAL personnel
- Publication
British Journal of General Practice, 2021, Vol 71, Issue 705, p149
- ISSN
0960-1643
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.3399/bjgp21x715313