The use of virtual consultations in general practice is perhaps simply another component in the ongoing modernisation of health care. GPs have used telephone consultations for over a century so upgrading the medium may be seen as a logical extension of this. However, aside from this natural progression, there exists an altogether stronger force expediting the rate of adoption: the evolving healthcare user.
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