Evening Times
JUST five doctors will be on duty for overnight home visits to cover more than 623,000 people in Lanarkshire under a new GP contract, it was revealed today.

MSP Carolyn Leckie warned what is happening in Lanarkshire is not untypical.She said patient care throughout Scotland would suffer under the new contract unless there was a substantial increase in the number of hours available for out-of-hours provision and a commitment to maintain locally-based services.
Ms Leckie has tabled a parliamentary motion expressing concern at the numbers and warning the contract, which will allow surgeries to opt out of out-of-hours provision from next year, will lead to a "woefully inadequate" service.