Community nurses are not GPs' attendants.
The Government announced in May 1994 that it had agreed changes to the terms of service of GPs and that they can be flexible in the way they meet their out-of-hours responsibilities. GPs must accept their duty to arrange 24-hour medical care. All nurses need to promote nursing services, not medical services. Community nurses need to look at 24-hour nursing/health visiting care, not medical care. Consumers need to be asked what kind of 24-hour service they need.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003153:Community Health Services; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration