Flight Centre launches pilot with GP service
Flight Centre’s corporate brand, Corporate Traveller, has partnered with Doctor Care Anywhere for a pilot project.
The partnership means Corporate Traveller’s UK customers – who travel on certain airlines and in premium classes – will be able to speak to a UK-trained, English-speaking GP wherever they are in the world.
The service will be available for the first 10,000 international flights booked by Corporate Traveller clients.
Bookings must take place between March 1 and May 31 and must be for travel on Virgin Atlantic (Premium and Upper Class) and Etihad (Business and First Class) flights.
Clients can speak to the GP through either a secure video or a phone consultation via the Doctor Care Anywhere platform.
Appointments are available 24/7, 365 days a year.
Medication prescribed by Doctor Care Anywhere GPs can be delivered direct to the patient or collected from a local pharmacy, or they can provide over the counter advice, depending on the country the customer is in.
Graeme Milne, Corporate Traveller general manager, said: "While abroad many travellers won’t go to a doctor or a hospital for reasons such as language barrier, difficulty navigating a foreign health system or a busy schedule.
"We also recognise that our clients have a duty of care to their travelling employees, are invested in their wellbeing, and benefit from their maintained productivity. It’s for these reasons, we want to ensure that our clients have a safe and pleasant experience throughout all aspects of their journey."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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