British Friendly adopts remote medical screenings

During COVID-19

Adam Saville
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Square Health to carry out remote screenings for income protection mutual from Monday 20 April

Following news that Guardian, AIG Life and LV= were trialling remote medical screenings during COVID-19, British Friendly has confirmed that it will be using Square Health's virtual medical screenings from Monday 20 April. The service consists of an online meeting with a nurse through Skype or other virtual meeting tools. It can also monitor height, weight and blood pressure (if the client has their own device) and can include a self-test kit which, involving a blood sample via a finger-prick device. Face-to-face medical screenings are currently on hold due to COVID-19 and Steve Casey...

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