Out of hours services that meet the health needs of patients in an appropriate time and setting are of fundamental importance to the health service. GPs, as the expert medical generalist at the heart of the community, play a vital role in delivering patient centred care in both the in and out of hours periods.
GP Out Of Hours Care
In March 2019 the RCGP published a paper describing the vital role general practice plays in providing out of hours care to patients and outlining a set of policy recommendations for how out of hours GP services can be improved to meet the needs of patients.