%0 Journal Article %A C Shipman %A J Addington-Hall %A S Barclay %A J Briggs %A I Cox %A L Daniels %A D Millar %T Providing palliative care in primary care: how satisfied are GPs and district nurses with current out-of-hours arrangements? %D 2000 %J British Journal of General Practice %P 477-478 %V 50 %N 455 %X The complex needs of palliative care patients require an informed, expert, and swift response from out-of-hours general medical services, particularly if hospital admission is to be avoided. Few general practitioners (GPs) reported routinely handing over information on their palliative care patients, particularly to GP co-operatives. District nurses and inner-city GPs were least satisfied with aspects of out-of-hours care. Most responders wanted 24-hour availability of specialist palliative care. This indicates a need to develop and evaluate out-of-hours palliative care procedures and protocols, particularly for GP co-operatives, and to improve inter-agency collaboration. %U https://bjgp.org/content/bjgp/50/455/477.full.pdf