There are countless opportunities for 5G in primary healthcare at the point of access or delivery, with numerous examples, but far fewer large-scale deployments. Many healthcare providers consider 5G a topic for urgent discussion rather than immediate action, and that applies particularly to primary care in doctors’ surgeries, pharmacies, remote clinics, and patents’ homes. The immediate case for 5G occurs where mobility, and capacity or performance are required, and at the connectivity level it should be considered alongside other options, including WiFi and fixed links such as fiber, as part of the overall picture. But, critically, the smartphone is becoming an ‘eHealth’ hub for individual consumers and even for clinics as a distributed center for collation of data collected from…