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\n<\/a><\/p>\nProstate enlargement and a raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) level \u2013 a possible sign of prostate cancer \u2013 will also be covered by the service, alongside eye conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration.<\/p>\n
NHS Online means people can speak to doctors without leaving their home or having to wait for an in-person appointment.<\/p>\n
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: “We’ve already made big changes in the NHS, but building a health service that’s fit for the future requires more than just evolution \u2013 it demands revolution.<\/p>\n
“NHS Online will make accessing healthcare as simple as ordering a cab or a takeaway, fundamentally changing how people interact with the NHS for generations to come.<\/p>\n
“People with the nine conditions we\u2019re announcing today face some of the longest waits, ensuring they\u2019re seen on time again as we shift the NHS from analogue to digital.”<\/p>\n
Professor Stella Vig, national clinical director for elective care at NHS England, said: \u201cThe NHS\u2019s new online hospital will see a huge shift in the way we deliver care, giving patients the option to have an online appointment with a specialist anywhere in England.<\/p>\n
“We’ve selected nine common conditions which the NHS Online service will initially provide support for when it launches next year, including some women\u2019s health issues as well as prostate problems.”<\/p>\n
It comes as data shows the NHS managed to keep 94.7 per cent of planned routine care going during the five days of strike action by resident doctors between December 17 and 22.<\/p>\n
There were on average 19,120 resident doctors absent from work each day, which is slightly higher than the 17,236 average in the last set of strikes in November.<\/p>\n
Dr Sue Mann, national clinical director in women\u2019s health at NHS England, said: “Menstrual problems, that can be caused by conditions such as endometriosis or fibroids, or menopause symptoms can affect every part of a woman\u2019s life, so it\u2019s essential that the NHS provides better access to effective treatments more quickly.<\/p>\n
“NHS Online will make it easier for women to see a consultant from their own home without having to face a long wait for an in-person appointment, meaning they can get on with their daily lives.”<\/p>\n
In a letter to NHS workers, NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackey praised staff for hitting a target of having less than 80 per cent of hospital beds filled on Christmas day, freeing up beds for other people in need.<\/p>\n
There were more than 5,000 fewer patients in hospital this Christmas day compared to Christmas day last year, according to the data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The “online hospital” will be rolled out next year to help patients speak to specialists about issues such…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-391644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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