From midnight on Friday Scottish GPs will no longer have the responsibility of looking after patients out of hours.
Under new laws it will fall to health boards to make sure arrangements are in place to treat those who need to see a doctor after their surgery closes.
From 1st January, any GP calls outside normal hours will be automatically forwarded to the NHS helpline NHS 24.
There, teams of nurses will decide whether the call warrants medical attention and, if so, whether it should be from a doctor or the emergency services.
