Can increased access to GPs reduce overcrowding in hospitals' Accidents & Emergency departments? Research by Peter Dolton and Vikram Pathania assesses whether weekend GP opening hours introduced in 2013 in four surgeries in London made patients less likely to use A&E services.

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4 October 2016     Paper Number CEPCP482

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.