Online appointment booking service HealthEngine has released a report looking at data from nearly 220,000 telehealth appointments between April and June 2020, which shows the majority of patients booking a telehealth appointment were doing so with their regular GP or practice.

An accompanying survey of more than 400 patients found that 95 per cent of telehealth consults were conducted by telephone, but that 15 per cent of patients surveyed said they would prefer a consult by video.