General Practice as a Locum

Entries from April 2008

On being concerned

April 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

This sounds strange but because I have now come out and say that we must look at alternate practice structures, then there is pressure on me to now come up with something.  BUT I have no formal model to use,  All I can do is to sense that we as GP’s have become grossly deskilled and that only by slowly groping forward can we hope to evolve a different paradigm in GP consulting.  This should result in better work satisfaction for GP’s, increased patient confidence and better “patient directed” health care where the patients accept more responsibility for their health outcomes.

This is not easy because I have got into ways of consulting that are comfortable but unsustainable as we are now finding out.

 

 

 

 

Categories: Patient Care

Why is there so much sickness?

April 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

This is a very contraversial area.  Having been a GP for a long while and also a person who believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  This fundamental truth has guided me all my life.  I believe that God wants to restore mankind and creation to the original purpose for which all things were created..

I believe that there is a link between man’s behaviour in having rejected God and the sickness we seem to suffer.  I shall use this mediumof posting my ideas on the WWW so that others who think like me (and others) can share our views.  I am aware that there are many people who will disagree with my ideas but I hope that any disagreements will be positive and come up with some other alternative ideas of illness/disease otherwise I will have to conclude that such people have not thought much about these issues

As an initial statement I would like to state that a basic fundamental poiunt is the linkage between a person’s behaviour and where they stand in the Kingdom of God.  The initial contagion of the rebellion of the first man, Adam, is the seed of such behaviour for all mankind.  I shall approach this by posting comments based on Bible verses which have application to our behaviour.  So with trepidation I post this up for all to read.

 

Categories: Christianity and Medicine