More work needed to identify reasons for out-of-hours disparity

Research suggesting that commercially run out-of-hours GP services perform worse than their not-for-profit counterparts should be treated with caution, according to the Professor who led the study.A team led by Professor John Campbell at the University of Exeter Medical School analysed data from 900,000 patients who completed the General Practice Patient Survey 2012/13, 80,000 of…