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Health promotion clinics in general practice—new or old?
Author(s) -
Kelly Moya H.,
Murray T. Stuart
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1993.tb00202.x
Subject(s) - audit , variety (cybernetics) , medicine , promotion (chess) , nursing , family medicine , general practice , affect (linguistics) , health promotion , community health , community practice , medical education , psychology , public health , business , accounting , communication , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , political science , pharmacy , law
The objective of this paper is to assess the variety of specialized clinics available in practice before the implementation of the 1990 Contract. An audit was carried out using information provided in the log diaries from trainees in the West of Scotland sitting the mock Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) examinations. The different types of clinics being carried out were identified from the information given. Data were obtained from 147 practices. A wide variety of clinics were being carried out, many of which were included in the list of recommended health promotion clinics and many which did not attract a fee prior to the contractual changes. Only 57% of practices employed a practice nurse and 36% of trainees had no clinic experience in a typical week. The findings indicate that principals are aware of the benefits of clinics in practice and often undertake to carry them out themselves. It is important that trainees gain more experience in carrying out these clinics. Many more clinics have been set up since the contract changes but unless more funding is available to tackle the social problems which adversely affect health we will fail to improve the health of our community.