24 Hour Primary CareChris Salisbury, Lesley Hallam, Jeremy Dale An examination of the best way to provide out of hours care. It describes a range of options, issues and policy implementations in providing round the clock care, and provides evidence about what does and doesn't work. It also outlines challenges for the future. |
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Setting the scene | 3 |
Balancing demand and supply in outofhours care | 17 |
A framework of models of outofhours | 32 |
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