<s>
eConsult	B-Application
is	O
a	O
medical	O
app	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Hurley	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
practice	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
planned	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
eConsult	B-Application
online	O
system	O
for	O
most	O
consultations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
12	O
GPs	O
are	O
using	O
eConsult	B-Application
and	O
it	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
recruit	O
12	O
more	O
,	O
so	O
patients	O
will	O
only	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
person	O
where	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
340	O
other	O
practices	O
are	O
also	O
using	O
eConsult	B-Application
,	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
479	O
GP	O
practices	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
have	O
implemented	O
an	O
online	O
consultation	O
system	O
by	O
April	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
published	O
in	O
2018	O
in	O
the	O
British	O
Journal	O
of	O
General	O
Practice	O
described	O
a	O
qualitative	O
study	O
of	O
general	O
practices	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
of	O
England	O
that	O
piloted	O
the	O
e-consultation	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peterhead	O
Health	O
Centre	O
stopped	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
eConsult	B-Application
service	O
from	O
September	O
2022	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
"	O
an	O
ever	O
increasing	O
list	O
size	O
and	O
growing	O
demand	O
"	O
replacing	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
their	O
GP	O
’s	O
where	O
staff	O
signpost	O
patients	O
to	O
the	O
most	O
appropriate	O
clinician	O
in	O
the	O
most	O
appropriate	O
time	O
frame	O
.	O
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