Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in general practice out-of-hours services: tool or trap?

Rebecca Payne^{1

2

3}, Sarah Mills⁴, Clare Wilkinson⁵, Malene Plejdrup Hansen⁶

Affiliations

¹ North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, North Wales Medical School, Bangor University, Bangor, UK rebecca.payne@bangor.ac.uk.
² Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ GP Out of Hours, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
⁵ North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, North Wales Medical School, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁶ Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

Editorial

Rebecca Payne et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 28;75(758):388-389.

doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0302. Print 2025 Sep 1.

Rebecca Payne^{1

2

3}, Sarah Mills⁴, Clare Wilkinson⁵, Malene Plejdrup Hansen⁶

¹ North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, North Wales Medical School, Bangor University, Bangor, UK rebecca.payne@bangor.ac.uk.
² Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ GP Out of Hours, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
⁵ North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, North Wales Medical School, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁶ Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

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