General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Ena

In my doctors, and I was in there on an appointment less than two weeks ago, from opening in new premises in 2006, they used an appointment system, connected to a large TV monitor in a top corner of the waiting room, and when it was your turn, your name flashed up on the screen, overriding the medical information videos being shown on the TV, and that system was used for years and then an automatic check in system was put in, you inputted your name and D.O.B. on a touch screen, and it confirmed your appointment and listed you as waiting to be seen, and that system worked fine until 'lockdown' and since 2020 the TV monitor as never been switch on, you book in to the receptionist, and when it is your turn the doctor or nurse walks down to the waiting room and shouts your name out, so that is progress for you.

PeterP

The point I am making is that if older people or people with impaired vision could actually see clearly on a full sized monitor, what was on the internet, then it would drastically improve the experience of those people, they would enjoy using the internet, instead of expecting them to fill in forms on something the same size as a post card, which they struggle to do, and as regards the cost, the start off with a laptop, you can get a reasonable one for £200 and then add a full size monitor, and you can pick a keyboard and mouse set from Asda for £20 in fact you can pick up a 24 inch monitor from Argos for less than £130, so you could get full system, based on a laptop for less than £400