title: In the still of the night.
abstract: With medical general practitioners soon being able to buy themselves out of the requirement to provide overnight cover for their patients, for how much longer will the veterinary profession be able to sustain its 24-hour commitment? Here, Professor Bob Michell argues that it is time for the profession to rethink how it provides out-of-hours services--and, with the RCVS about to review the situation, concludes that something will have to change.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Michell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D006113:United Kingdom; D014730:Veterinary Medicine