%0 Journal Article %A R. J. Cunningham %T Night calls in a single-handed rural practice %D 1980 %J The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners %P 745-747 %V 30 %N 221 %X Night calls attended by one doctor during five consecutive years (1973 to 1977) in a single-handed rural practice, were analysed and divided into two categories: (a) reasonable; (b) unreasonable. Half the night calls were genuine emergencies but 17 per cent were quite unnecessary. %U https://bjgp.org/content/bjgp/30/221/745.full.pdf