Patients in Scottish households that do not have an Internet connection will now be able to access health advice and other important health-related information from the comfort of their homes --- thanks to the launch of a new digital TV channel!

Under the NHS 24 channel's ongoing pilot project, which has already been rolled out in Dunblane, patients can also use the system for booking their GP appointments as well as ordering prescriptions that need to be repeated.

According to reports, the NHS 24 channel - which is available through Virgin, Freesat, and Sky - will apparently be launched all across Scotland, in an attempt to ensure that local services help in the accessibility of health advice by patients who do not have the Internet at home.

With the new digital TV channel largely to feature health information from NHS 24, NHS inform and Care Information Scotland web services, Heath Secretary Nicola Sturgeon stated that the move will essentially make health advice accessible by a greater number of Scots, "where and when they need it."

Noting that patients living in "more deprived communities" of the country as well as the elderly will henceforth be able to access health information "quickly and easily" via their TV sets, Sturgeon said that the move is "a fantastic example" of how the NHS is always in pursuit of betterment --- "constantly updating the way that patients interact with the NHS to make sure that we deliver a top-quality service"!