General Family Practice

Our General Practitioners (GP's) provide personal, primary and continuing care to individuals and families. The GP is responsible for making the initial decision in the management of problems patients may present with, and consulting with the specialist when it is appropriate to do so. A GP will intervene educationally, preventively and therapeutically to promote the patient's health.

Our General Family Practice Care and aim to extend into six areas:

Primary Care - refers to the role of the GP as the first point of contact for most patients in determining access to the secondary care sector.

Family Care - most families register with the same GP, enabling the doctor to gain insight into family dynamics and their influence on disease and illness. Our GP's also often relate one generation to the next, recognising patterns of behaviour and genetic traits.

Domiciliary Care - acknowledges the community setting of General Practice with access to patient's home.

Continuity of Care - recognises the long term commitment of a GP's patients- from cradle to grave.

Preventative Care - increasingly GP's are involved in health promotion, illness prevention and screening activities. GP's no longer wait for patients to come forward.

Personal (Holistic) Care - describes both the intimate nature of the doctor/patients relationship and the increasing willingness of the GP to acknowledge the unique wholeness of individual patients.