You should use your professional judgement to decide whether it is in the patient's best interests to offer virtual pathways of care.

Care delivered virtually requires a suitable clinical governance framework to ensure patient safety and comparable patient outcomes that support clinical audit.

When providing virtual care there should be a robust plan in place to manage technical issues or unexpected clinical finding(s) which require a transfer of care to an appropriate clinician to complete synchronous face-to-face assessment with suitable urgency.