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Doctor won’t see you now: role of technology to support participatory health care – Mirage News

Last year, there were 338,082 non-emergency, planned hospital out-patient appointments in England everyday (NHS Digital, 2019). Or if you like really…

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Last year, there were 338,082 non-emergency, planned hospital out-patient appointments in England everyday (NHS Digital, 2019).
Or if you like really big numbers: 123.4 million appointments in total. I’ll say that again: 123.4 million hospital appointments. In one year. If you like even bigger numbers consider that each appointment costs the NHS on average £120. In fact, such is the sheer scale of hospital outpatient attendance, a 2017 report by the Kings Fund found they account for almost 85%…

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