ABSTRACT

This book examines the best ways to provide primary care at nights and weekends. There has been increasing demand from patients for out-of-hours care and a great reorganisation of primary care services outside normal surgery hours. Different models of organisations are being tested including primary care centres and nurses giving telephone advice

part One|42 pages

Choices and challenges

chapter One|14 pages

Setting the scene

ByLesley Hallam

chapter Two|15 pages

Balancing demand and supply in out-of-hours care

ByChris Salisbury, Wienke Boerma

chapter Three|11 pages

A framework of models of out-of-hours general practice care

ByChris Salisbury

part Two|108 pages

Models of organisation

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

Edited ByChris Salisbury, Jeremy Dale, Lesley Hallam

chapter Four|16 pages

Deputising services

ByRobert McKinley, David Cragg

chapter Five|29 pages

GP out-of-hours co-operatives

ByLesley Hallam, Mark Reynolds

chapter Six|15 pages

GPs in A&E departments

ByJeremy Dale

chapter Seven|14 pages

Nurse telephone consultation

ByValerie Lattimer, Robert Crouch

chapter Eight|14 pages

Nurse-led minor injury units

ByEmma Jefferys, Alistair Stinson

chapter Nine|16 pages

Responding to patients with particular needs

ByCathy Shipman, Jeremy Dale

part Three|32 pages

Future directions

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

Edited ByChris Salisbury, Jeremy Dale, Lesley Hallam

chapter Ten|8 pages

The integration of services

ByLesley Hallam

chapter Eleven|9 pages

Assuring quality

ByJeremy Dale

chapter Twelve|11 pages

A vision for the future

ByChris Salisbury