Out-of-hours special patient notes

Patient satisfaction with out of hours primary medical care.

OBJECTIVES To describe the relationship between patient satisfaction with out of hours care provided by deputising and practice doctors in four urban areas in England and characteristics of the service provided and patients, the care given, and health outcomes. SETTING -Fourteen general practices in four urban areas in England. PARTICIPANTS People who requested out of hours care. DESIGN A...

Out of hours care.

I ncreasingly the future organisation of paediatrics at secondary level, the place of first referral, depends greatly on the organisation and quality of care at primary level. The ability of paediatricians to influence primary child health care is limited at present to advocacy and training, but recently some have been expressing the view that we in the UK should follow US and European practice...

Improving out-of-hours handovers.

Why all GPs should be bothered about Billy The 2014–2015 QOF overhaul1 retires three critical cardiometabolic indicators from the severe mental illness (SMI) domain, keeping only blood pressure. Yet cardiovascular disorders, rather than suicide, remain the single biggest contributor to 15–20 years reduced life expectancy. Two decades of cardiometabolic risk prevention has successfully reduced c...

Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records

BACKGROUND Most patients receive healthcare in primary care settings, but relatively little is known about patient safety. Out-of-hours contacts are of particular importance to patient safety. Our aim was to examine the incidence, types, causes, and consequences of patient safety incidents at general practice cooperatives for out-of-hours primary care and to examine which factors were associate...

Providing out of hours urgent care.