Is your GP surgery equipped for the digital future?

[maureenho]

Is your GP surgery equipped for the digital future?

Doctors' practices are becoming increasingly hi-tech in an effort to make a streamlined NHS more convenient for the public

Appointments that you can make online, while still in your pyjamas. Repeat prescriptions that can be ordered in the same way. Secure access to your own medical records from your laptop. The option for a consultation over the internet via Skype. And, when you do need to pop into the doctor’s surgery in person, proper Wi-fi, so that you can download the latest podcasts about healthy living, browse consultant appointments on NHS Choices, and book them, too, before you go home.

The future of GP services is as much about accessibility for patients as freeing up doctors so they have more time to care, says Beverley Bryant, director of strategic systems and technology at NHS England. “We want the NHS to be easier to do business with, for ordinary citizens,” Bryant explains. “We want to improve accessibility and make people’s experiences better.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10671443/Is-your-GP-surgery-equipped-for-the-digital-future.html

[annie]

We can make appts online and order prescriptions at our Drs. & the website has lots of info & regular newsletters

[Rosalind]

I can make appointments on line and order my prescriptions on line which saves me a lot of time. sm987

[JaneJ]

I can too if only I could find my password!!!!  sp0

Must get that sorted!

[wendy]

and what about the family unpaid carers who don't have a computer and can't afford to buy one.

http://www.computers4carers.co.uk/

[Misspears]

We can do ours on line I don't I walk to the doctors for a bit of fresh air

Ann x

[maureenho]

Our surgery have been doing on line prescription ordering for several years, I could not have managed without it while I was caring 24/7