Although I am sure it would be a useful skill how would it be implented? I
have never found a GP yet with appointments available the next day, and as
they are not open out of hours how are we supposed to make these
appointments?
Simply telling patients to go see their GP the next day often ends in them
coming to A&E as they couldn't get an appointment for several days to come!
Lorna Jackson
SHO III, A&E Ninewells
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Subject: Re: Consultant Contract/ out of hours primary care
> >
> > Well, there might not be plans to pull the plug on OOH,
> > because it is all going.
> >
>
> Differences of opinion between local PCTs for us about GPs keeping the out
> of hours- in one local PCT the great majority plan on dropping it, in
> another the great majority plan to keep doing it. Difficult to predict
what
> will happen when the dust settles. Clearly, though the ability to triage
to
> next day GP appointment would be useful in a lot of A and Es.
>
> Matt Dunn
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