Which failure-mode did we toggle into this time?
It will become clear soon I symplectic. This foes seem familiar in general.
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You GP or their deputy is available for emergencies 24 hrs a day.
Their secretary and receptionist not so much.
The records sre not nowadays held in the Pracyices, they are held by a small number of system suppliers, presumably in multiple, redundant, fail over, backed up, data centres which are not adjacent.
Those deputies, generally, are found among the same population of doctors who provide the GPS who hold lists.
Some general practices are operated by health authorities - whatever the health authority is called this week.
The contractual relationship between GPs and health authorities and the NHS is complicated. Much more so than that with consultant specialists. It grew.