Paul Coffey: Crisis a foretaste of how 5G could revolutionise healthcare delivery
Scotsman May 24, 2020
Covid-19 has had a colossal impact on NHS hospitals and our emergency services, but it has also caused a shift in the way routine appointments, GP practices and non-emergency care is delivered. Recent data collected by the Royal College of GPs highlighted that in recent weeks up to 70 per cent of consultations have been carried out by phone or video call – a basic type of telemedicine which has never been so widely adopted.