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Lady Williams fears the health reform bill fails
Health reforms face new challenge from Lib Dem rebels
Evan Harris and Shirley Williams plan to table a motion at the party conference demanding further changes to coalition bill
- Nicholas Watt, political correspondent The Guardian,Friday 9 September 2011
Lady Williams fears the health reform bill fails to provide sufficient guarantees of an NHS free at the point of delivery.
Liberal Democrat rebels are planning a fresh move against the government’s health reforms at the party conference next week after a wider than expected revolt in the House of Commons against the plans.
NHS doctors ‘to examine sick patients over Skype’
Patients will be able to hold online consultations with doctors as part of plans to technologically revolutionise the NHS, according to its medical director.
Patients may be able to have consultations with their doctors on Skype
10:29AM BST 29 Aug 2011
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh said that IT will ”completely change the way we deliver medicine” making access to GPs at any time a reality and giving patients the ability to talk to specialists anywhere in the country.
The health expert told The Times newspaper he was looking at using online services such as Skype to make the NHS more convenient for users.
Andrew Lansley asks what Maps and apps do you use?
Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley attends the Evelina Children’s Hospital to launch the Maps and apps project.
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