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RCGP chair hits out at tech firms 'siphoning off' young patients

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Technology firms such as Babylon are creating a digital divide in the NHS by 'siphoning off' young patients through services including the controversial GP at Hand, RCGP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard told the college's annual conference on Thursday.

In her keynote speech at the RCGP annual conference 2018 in Glasgow, Professor Stokes-Lampard hit out at 'bully boy' tactics used by technology firms when they face criticism.

In her second conference as RCGP chair, the Staffordshire GP rubbished claims that doctors are ‘technophobic dinosaurs’ - pointing out that GPs have long been willing to adopt new technology.

https://www.gponline.com/rcgp-chair-hits-tech-firms-siphoning-off-young-patients/article/1494800

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