Comments on: GPs and chiropractic – mind the credibility gap http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/ "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" Adam Smith. A blog from a British doctor. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: calgary chiropractor http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-1061 calgary chiropractor Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:06:51 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-1061 Chiropractor was the easiest way to remove any pain on you back. The chiropractor today is one of the most common therapies that have been using to cure back pains. Chiropractor was the easiest way to remove any pain on you back. The chiropractor today is one of the most common therapies that have been using to cure back pains.

]]> By: Wendy http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-1060 Wendy Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:04:43 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-1060 Chronic musculoskeletal problems (such as back pain, neck pain, headaches, migraines, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, herniated discs, and injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents, slips & falls, sports traumas and work related injuries) account for a large percentage of doctor’s office visits and emergency room visits. The ways these conditions are managed typically involve one drug after another. But are there better and safer alternatives than drugs? Chronic musculoskeletal problems (such as back pain, neck pain, headaches, migraines, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, herniated discs, and injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents, slips & falls, sports traumas and work related injuries) account for a large percentage of doctor’s office visits and emergency room visits. The ways these conditions are managed typically involve one drug after another. But are there better and safer alternatives than drugs?

]]> By: davidp http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-912 davidp Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:24:27 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-912 On their website, the logo no longer has "Promoting the profession". I suggest that removing this will make their message more credible to the general public. On their website, the logo no longer has “Promoting the profession”.
I suggest that removing this will make their message more credible to the general public.

]]> By: alanhenness http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-861 alanhenness Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:39:24 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-861 Blue Wode: Thanks for finding that. I too had assumed they were still in the business of promoting chiropractic. However, can a White Paper do that if the Chiropractors Act 1994 still seems to say (IIRC) that it is one of their duties? More research required, as they say. Blue Wode: Thanks for finding that. I too had assumed they were still in the business of promoting chiropractic.

However, can a White Paper do that if the Chiropractors Act 1994 still seems to say (IIRC) that it is one of their duties? More research required, as they say.

]]> By: northerndoctor http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-860 northerndoctor Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:20:19 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-860 Interesting. The logo and slogan the GCC use is: <blockquote>Protecting patients Setting standards Promoting the profession</blockquote> It couldn't be clearer. Interesting. The logo and slogan the GCC use is:

Protecting patients
Setting standards
Promoting the profession

It couldn’t be clearer.

]]> By: Blue Wode http://northerndoctor.com/2009/06/04/gps-and-chiropractic-mind-the-credibility-gap/#comment-859 Blue Wode Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:18:11 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1098#comment-859 It's surprising that you say that there have been half-page adverts placed by the GCC in the British Journal of General Practice "for many months". According to the foreward in the GCC's most recent annual report (published last summer), its duty to promote the chiropractic profession was removed in July 2008: Quote “With effect from July 2008, our duty to promote the profession has been removed. This implements one of the recommendations of the White Paper ‘Trust, Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century’, that health regulators should have a more consistent statutory purpose – that of protecting the public by setting and maintaining professional standards.” http://www.gcc-uk.org/files/page_file/ANNUAL_REPORT_2007_FINAL.pdf It’s surprising that you say that there have been half-page adverts placed by the GCC in the British Journal of General Practice “for many months”. According to the foreward in the GCC’s most recent annual report (published last summer), its duty to promote the chiropractic profession was removed in July 2008:

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“With effect from July 2008, our duty to promote the profession has been removed. This implements one of the recommendations of the White Paper ‘Trust, Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century’, that health regulators should have a more consistent statutory purpose – that of protecting the public by setting and maintaining professional standards.”

http://www.gcc-uk.org/files/page_file/ANNUAL_REPORT_2007_FINAL.pdf

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