tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post21481781781825962..comments2024-03-24T07:19:28.136+00:00Comments on Lake Cocytus: GPsThe Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-46221400359311709612008-03-22T23:30:00.000+00:002008-03-22T23:30:00.000+00:00"Where have you disappeared to, then?"Just not had..."<I>Where have you disappeared to, then?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Just not had anything exciting to share :-)The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-37363383583048062562008-03-21T20:23:00.000+00:002008-03-21T20:23:00.000+00:00Where have you disappeared to, then?Hmmm.Where have you disappeared to, then?<BR/><BR/>Hmmm.Calaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827844632460123157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-24743458978327301092008-03-16T14:56:00.000+00:002008-03-16T14:56:00.000+00:00That's so sad, and a really valid point. Who will...That's so sad, and a really valid point. Who will look after people like the wife and the husband, and what sort of continuity of care will they get, the way things are going?<BR/><BR/>:(<BR/><BR/>The future does not look too bright...Calaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827844632460123157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-61692131645070149182008-03-15T12:03:00.000+00:002008-03-15T12:03:00.000+00:00P.S. I have very little time for Rethink as a supp...P.S. I have very little time for Rethink as a support organisation for the mentally ill but can say that a carer I know gets alot of support from the local Rethink carers group.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps, the lady you write about could be given details of a local carers support group. If there is one. <BR/><BR/>If nothing else she might find some empathy and understanding from other members.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.Made by Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564617028405217550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-54982688276078100542008-03-15T12:01:00.000+00:002008-03-15T12:01:00.000+00:00Hmmmm...I saw something about carers on tv the oth...Hmmmm...<BR/><BR/>I saw something about carers on tv the other day. They are the forgotten ones.<BR/><BR/>And the news was not good. Many people seem to be caring for others with very little or inappropriate care support for them. They had the spokesperson for the national carers' association and a 'agony aunt' trying to offer support but it appears that social services aren't very pro-active at providing care. If people aren't on their cases all the time, they just leave them to 'go under' as you put it.<BR/><BR/>I don't know the logistics of all this but a more integrated care approach would seem the most useful one. The holistic model as I have heard it called seems appropriate. Where you look at the individual (with the illness/disability) and all that impacts on them. That would highlight the role of carers, or it should. <BR/><BR/>I think the GPs, specialists and social services et al...should be working in a more inclusive/ integrated way..rather than shunting people off here,there and everywhere to basically do it for themselves.<BR/><BR/>Maybe some of this is down to 'preciousness' of professionals. Some of it 'jobsworth' but whatever is stopping or slowing down the care support process needs to be reviewed and sorted.<BR/><BR/>If only it were that simple but it should be.Made by Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564617028405217550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-13522353951624901912008-03-13T23:30:00.000+00:002008-03-13T23:30:00.000+00:00I'm sure you are right to be worried. A large amou...I'm sure you are right to be worried. A large amount of what GPs do could be done by nurses with protocols and sessional doctors who fly in and out. But GPs do a lot of extra stuff to fill the gaps between what seems sensible provision and what an infinitely variety of patients actually need.<BR/><BR/>It's not just GPs of course. Throughout the NHS, staff have traditionally gone beyond the call of duty, out of goodwill and a shared sense of responsibility.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope the Government don't foul things up completely.Dr Andrew Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213625632400403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-24172966017006249392008-03-11T08:42:00.000+00:002008-03-11T08:42:00.000+00:00Thank you for an excellent and thoughtful post abo...Thank you for an excellent and thoughtful post about the government/GP issues from the, relatively, neutral standpoint of someone in a different part of the medical profession.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847149482684623481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-49627853919533207062008-03-11T07:48:00.000+00:002008-03-11T07:48:00.000+00:00Make no mistake the government WANTS to shaft GPs ...Make no mistake the government WANTS to shaft GPs - but then again it wanted to control them in 1948. Their failure to do so is probably psychologically why a Labour Government can countenance using such tactics as working with Tesco's instead of working with the doctors in order to try to undermine them. They didn't succeed in 1948 and I have a hunch that, bloody though the fight might be, they're not going to now either. Drs Finlay and Cameron are alive and well and boy can they put up a good fight when they have to.Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-88630692582576421202008-03-10T11:50:00.000+00:002008-03-10T11:50:00.000+00:00"When the government finishes shafting GPs"By whic...<I>"When the government finishes shafting GPs"</I><BR/><BR/>By which time there will be no such thing as a GP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com