Fears over doctors’ out-of-hours service

SCOTLAND’S out-of-hours health service is facing a staff crisis, as hundreds of GPs abandon evening and weekend working, a report has warned.

Audit Scotland, the public-spending watchdog, said the service was at “significant risk” of being unsustainable, particularly in rural areas, and advised health boards to come up with new ways to ensure the service could be maintained. for more click here