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Helen Salisbury: Teleconsultations for all

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3211 (Published 18 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3211

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Re: Helen Salisbury: Teleconsultations for all

Dear Editor,

Well done to Dr Salisbury for her commonsense and wise words. A 'virtual' consultation is a poor substitute for a face-to-face clinical encounter: even if no examination is performed, the clinician benefits from nuances and subtleties that would be otherwise be missed but which are essential to the algorithm instrumental to accurate diagnosis and thence good care.

Dr Michael Barrie

Competing interests: No competing interests

11 September 2020
Michael Barrie
GP
Coombe Medical Practice, Kingston upon Thames,KT2 7ET