Deputising general practitioners' role in emergencies

doi:10.1136/bmj.311.7017.1433b

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Josephine Fleming

General practitioner Charlotte Keel Health Centre, Bristol BS5 0UA

Lessons for both doctors involved

EDITOR,--I read J N Rawlinson's letter about the care given to a neighbour by a deputising doctor with some concern.1 We all have anecdotes that show doctors or departments to be less than perfect, but we are all trying to provide the best service we can despite the pressures we face.

I am not the doctor this tale was about, but, as a …