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07-Oct-08
A private out-of-hours provider, claiming to be the UK's first patient subscription-based service, already has more than 600 patients on its launch this month.
The individual rate is £340 per year for coverage by Poole NightDoctor in Dorset 7pm to 7am 365 days a year.
A Poole NightDoctor spokesman said: ‘We are aware that the local out-of-hours GPs are currently overstretched in order to hit the government’s targets of seeing urgent overnight problems within two hours.
‘That’s a long time to wait when you’re ill or in pain and we are pleased we can now provide our members with peace of mind throughout the evening and night.’
neil.durham@haymarket.com
www.PooleNightDoctor.com
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Comments
john Priestman
07/10/2008
In their FAQs is this:Are the Doctors English?
Our most popular question! All of our doctors are British. " If this is a deliberate policy they are, surely, in breech of
The Race Relations Act 1976 \(Amendment) Regulations 2003
George Johnston
08/10/2008
This is a snip, 93p per patient per day, that's £204,000 a year extra to divide between ? doctors.
I don't care what colour the attending doctor is as long as he or she has a full grasp of English language this can and has led to serious mistakes.
Pasapula Subrahmanyam
08/10/2008
Interesting development! Are we reverting back to old fashioned method of deputising service?
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