'Patients at risk if out-of-hours review ignores GPs’ concerns', warns MPS
Post date: 20/05/2013 | Time to read article: 1 minsThe information within this article was correct at the time of publishing. Last updated 14/11/2018
Any Government-led review of General Practice and out-of-hours care must be comprehensive, evidence-based and properly trialled. It cannot afford to cut corners. To get a real picture of what is happening at the heart of healthcare and for any chance for it to succeed, doctors need to be fully involved and engaged with the process.
A review is necessary and timely, but we are concerned that a new layer of regulation and inspection will result in an increased administrative burden, and by the suggestion of some sort of return to the unsustainable system of old, where doctors were working excessive hours as they struggled to maintain quality care around the clock.
Identifying and preventing risk to doctors and patients is at the heart of our business. We are concerned that there may be serious repercussions if these plans are pushed through without due consideration. Government must listen to GPs and the rest of the profession, who are concerned for the safety and care of their patients.'
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