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Britain, patients are re-examining their physicians via Skype
Baku, April 22 (AZERTAC). Will be able to families in Britain reviewing the medical clinic and get advice electronically , which will be available for patients to meet with their doctors via " Skype " on the Internet, according to a plan unveiled recently , including forcing clinics to work seven days a week for the first time in the history of the United Kingdom .
According to the new plan announced by the (NHS), which is " National Health Service " , the clinics will be forced to provide services to patients throughout the seven days of the week , will also be available to patients reviewing their doctor via the Internet ( online ) and get health advice from during the call, a voice and image using a program (Skype) famous , which provides free chat services on the Internet voice and image .
She said the newspaper " Sunday Times " that the British government will allocate 50 million pounds of additional funding for this new plan, which would force clinics to work at night and during weekends .
The British government wants doctors to provide better medical services for the elderly , as well as the promotion of medical consultations and services that are offered to those in need via e-mail or through a live chat through the Internet.
According to the leak so far from the plan that announcements Cameron government later , more than a thousand health clinic in the province of England will receive patients from eight o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening seven days a week , which means that the clinic and one out of every eight clinics will work with this system , in a move designed to improve health services in the UK and relieve congestion in hospitals during weekends , where some patients are forced to wait long hours in emergency departments on Saturdays and Sundays .
The plan comes in the context of reforms taking place in hospitals, clinics and health services in Britain , as they come in the wake of a massive campaign witnessed the United Kingdom had been demanding better services provided to patients , rather than reducing them to save costs , as demanded by the campaign specifically to provide health clinics operate seven days a week in all areas , to ease the burden on hospitals and maintain quality services in these hospitals .
Under the new plan will be able to doctors not only to meet their patients via the Internet, but exchange prescriptions for them also in electronic media, will also provide an electronic system for booking appointments for patients.
It is noteworthy that the official figures released by the British government recently revealed that the number of patients attending emergency departments in hospitals rose by 22% during the years 2012 and 2013 compared to what was the case in 2004 and 2005, while the population increased during this period by 6.6 % only .