Healthcare Revolution: February 2025 NHS GP Policies Aim to Improve Senior Lives

[@sootica-sidhe]

1960s, 70s, 80s senior's who couldn't get out got house calls and those who could usually preferred to see the GP in person, as most people do. You cannot do an assessment over video chat that will be as thorough and safe as one done in person. This is a good advancement as a tool to cope with the lack of doctors and money and time but we should never accept it as an ideal or stop fighting to return to comprehensive in person face to face consultations and observations. Will free tablets and lessons and WiFi be provided for seniors who aren't already using these devices or who cannot afford them.... Doubtful. So, for example; a consult over video ends in a GP thinking they need to check a patients weight and blood pressure, listen to thier heart or perhaps look in thier ears - that's now become two appointments. This is often the case with regular telephone consultations now already, they require follow up, because many issues cannot be served remotely and triage isn't adequate in determining these things without a full consultation, which rather defeats the point. It's a risky false economy.

[@Zaf2010]

I dont know whether to,laugh or cry!