Open all hours? Not if you want a better service

A LOT has been written about extended GP surgery hours in the past few months, and currently the British Medical Association (BMA) is polling its members on the way forward.

However, I want to look at the issue from a different perspective – from a personal point of view as a patient.

Fortunately I do not have to go very often to my GP, but is important for doctors, be they consultants or GPs, to have their own medic...