TY - JOUR T1 - Random Access JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 291 LP - 291 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X691577 VL - 67 IS - 660 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2017/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/660/291.abstract N2 - Long before the Declaration of Alma Ata1 linked the human right to as healthy as possible a life with access to good quality primary care, patients in the UK had unparalleled access to their GPs, 24 hours a day. For almost 60 years after the foundation of the NHS, patients phoning their practice out of hours would, as likely as not, hear the familiar voice of their GP, or their partner, at the other end of the line. The original GP contract had given GPs 24-hour responsibility for their patients. Those days are almost completely over, as new contracts for GPs have given rise to an often bewildering variety of ways of accessing care after surgeries … ER -