Comments on: Out of Hours Group calls for renewed consultation http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2018/12/out-of-hours-group-calls-for-renewed-consultation/ Examining the facts behind the issues Fri, 14 Dec 2018 07:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Katherine http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2018/12/out-of-hours-group-calls-for-renewed-consultation/#comment-6 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:52:52 +0000 https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=368#comment-6 With the emergency closure of part of the Out of Hours we have already lost doctors in Fife. Why would doctors opt to travel an extra 1-2 hours (each way) on top of their normal shift to cover out of hours in Kirkcaldy and/or Dunfermline when they can just travel to Dundee in just 20 minutes (each way)?

The IJB followed a flawed logic by assuming that the current closure would automatically plug the gap elsewhere in Fife. If they had spoken with these doctors they would have realised their flawed logic.

The interim decision by the IJB to close the out of hours at St Andrews has made the situation worse across the whole of Fife.

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