The national after-hours agenda is still being pursued although the contribution by GPDV (and other states) to the Program have concluded and been relayed to DoHA. The following papers were published as a result of the GPDV program.

• GPDV Guidelines for the provision of After Hours Primary Medical Care October 2002
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These have been developed by GPDV's After-Hours Program Officer, Dr Nicole Petterson, in consultation with divisions, providers of after-hours services and other stakeholders, and with the advice of GPDV's After-Hours Reference Group.

• Discussion Paper: Systemic Issues in After Hours Primary Medical Care
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In investigating after hours primary medical care issues at the local level it is evident that system changes will be necessary if there is to be sustainable equitable improvement of service delivery on the on the ground.  A discussion paper which explores one potential solution to the issues at hand was developed.

• Paper on Consumer Behaviour
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