GPs seeking advice from medical consultants by video calls 'should be the norm'

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (centre) has today published the Slá¡intecare Integration Fund End of Programme Report along with Gerry O'Brien (left) Group Director of Operations and Michele Tait (right) CEO of St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. Photo: Julien Behal

Video calls with medical consultants from local GP practices should become the norm for modern healthcare systems, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said.

Mr Donnelly was at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin to launch a progress report on the Sláintecare Integration Fund, which was set up to provide funding for projects aimed at improving community-based healthcare and keeping people out of hospital.