This story makes me want to weep buckets. Isn't it all about recognising
that, because of the nature of the human beast, we're bound to have a wide
spectrum of GPs in terms of ability, ranging from those who are the best
thing since the proverbial, to those who are, quite frankly, a disgrace to
the profession.

Passing exams years ago is no measure of continuing competence, nor are
strings of letters after our names, nor the annual collecting of brownie
points (usually an excuse to meet up and gossip with old friends), and yet,
although I'm sure most of us recognise that the problem exists, what are we
doing about it?

S*d all!

I think its time we gave ourselves a good boot up the backside. Why are we
afraid of some form of appropriate regular assessment - surely not an
affront to our professionalism etc etc?

Let's stop being too polite for our own good, and make sure we all *do*
practice to an acceptable standard. Let's name names if necessary, and if
someone is falling by the wayside, then sure, let's try and help them back
onto the track; but if they aren't able to make it, then let's make sure we
tell them so, and suggest some other life path for them to follow.

Life was never meant to be easy.

C-P

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