It will be branded as “A&E Online” or “UHB Online”. Q&A Birmingham to begin online A&E service Show Hide People have talked for years about healthcare harnessing the potential of technology. No NHS care provider has yet tried to alter patient behaviour so comprehensively and so quickly. UHB will encourage patients in the Birmingham area to use a new online symptom checker, which will be called “A&E online” or “UHB online”, to check if they are unwell. The scheme will also spark controversy about creeping privatisation of NHS care because the trust plans to implement the changes in conjunction with a private firm, Babylon Health.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2019 20:30 UTC