Minister pledges to shake up out of hours care

The quality of GP out-of-hours services is patchy, with unacceptable variation across the country, the government admitted last month.A major report commissioned by the Department of Health (DH) following a number of high profile tragedies related to out-of-hours care found widespread failings in some primary care trusts (PCTs), including inadequate checks on clinical skills, ‘misunderstandings’…