TV show to offer live health advice

TV viewers will be able to seek live medical advice from doctors from the comfort of their own homes in a new Channel 4 show.

Instead of waiting in a surgery to see a GP, viewers will be able to use video calling in 'Live From The Clinic', a prime-time series to be broadcast this summer.

The show will feature Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper from 'Embarrassing Bodies', the Channel 4 programme where people seek advice for conditions they feel uncomfortable talking to their own GP about.

'Live From The Clinic' – a series of six one-hour live episodes to be broadcast at the end of May – will feature the doctors and guest specialists in a specially-designed studio.

Channel 4 said the programme, which will also test over-the-counter treatments and look at popular procedures such as laser eye surgery, will “showcase” the way patients might be diagnosed in future.

Features commissioning editor Kate Teckman said: “Imagine being able to get an appointment with one of our doctors as the programme is live on air.

“This is a truly innovative public service broadcast commission that will take us into the future of health programming.”

Pre-booking will also be possible through the 'Live From The Clinic' website.