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The traditional GP practice, in place since the NHS’ inception in 1948, is under serious financial threat from a new online service that is draining funding from surgeries.
Doctors in Unite (DiU) – part of Unite, the country’s largest union – are warning today that the online NHS GP at Hand service, powered by private digital health provider Babylon, is signing up predominately young people – and putting the future care of vulnerable groups at risk.
