Use the TV to book your GP
BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6908219.stm) is reporting that a trial is taking place in parts of the UK of a system which will allow people to book appointments with their GPs (doctors) via their digital TVs.
Using digital TV for this kind of thing is a no brainer really. As long as the technology is there to allow interactivity (as it has been on the internet for years), there are many many ways government services can make it easier for people to interact with.
As yet, I haven't heard anything about being able to book medical appointments via the internet or email; maybe they should have started there before trying digital TV - the costs would be lower, and internet penetration in the UK is high enough for it to be useful.
Using digital TV for this kind of thing is a no brainer really. As long as the technology is there to allow interactivity (as it has been on the internet for years), there are many many ways government services can make it easier for people to interact with.
As yet, I haven't heard anything about being able to book medical appointments via the internet or email; maybe they should have started there before trying digital TV - the costs would be lower, and internet penetration in the UK is high enough for it to be useful.
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# posted by Will they vote for you @ 03:40 
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I'm sure this will be the slick salespeople at Sky or some other tech media moguls. They'll have done a presentation on how the technology works to a bunch of people who don't use it: "50% of homes have digital TV, which is more than have broadband, so it will be most effective doing it on digital tv rather than internet". Of course, this is errant nonsense, as anyone who has tried to use digital TV to do anything other than watch TV has found...
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