Monday 20 July 2015

Inadequate


http://www.chad.co.uk/news/health/kirkby-gp-practice-put-into-special-measures-1-7362191
‘A Kirkby GP surgery has been placed into special measures following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They found the quality of care at Kirkby Community Primary Care Centre to be inadequate following an inspection carried out in May 2015’.  This story was featured in the Ashfield Chad, July 2015. According to that story, over 5000 people are registered with the Centre and rely upon it for their health care when needed. I would be surprised if some of the patients are not worried by the Commission’s findings, concerned as to whether their treatment there has been sufficiently thorough. I hope that these fears can be alleviated quickly and the concerns of the Commission addressed.

 

The situation made me think. We all need to have confidence in the key services that we rely upon, whether that is doctors, hospitals, police or fire service. All of these services have an impact upon the quality of our lives. We need to know that such services are there, can be relied upon to deal with our case effectively, and enable some return to normality once that service has been used. Failure in any one may even put our life in danger. We depend upon them.

 

In my experience, albeit mainly of the health care aspect, the service and the treatment have been excellent and I would commend the staff at my GP surgery, and the local hospitals where I have been treated. But I am aware that people make mistakes. They get things wrong! Diagnosing illness is not only difficult but prescribing the right course of treatment can be harder. With something so vital, the patient wants certainty, both in terms of what is wrong as well as what needs to be done to put it right.

 

I wonder what we are placing our faith in when it comes to the matter of our eternal destiny. In the matter of our physical health, we would spare no effort or expense to keep our health and be assured that we will not die young. Sadly, many people give no thought to what lies beyond death, and have made no preparation. Some people have given it thought. They attend church; they give to charity; they are caring and generous people. They are pinning their hopes on the things that they do! If there was a ‘care commission’ that had oversight of efforts for heaven, its word for such activity would be ‘inadequate’.

 

The Bible says that all our best efforts will never be good enough for God. But isn’t that unfair? No. In medical terms, the Bible presents us with the diagnosis – we are sinners who are on our way to a lost eternity. But, thankfully, God has provided a cure for the problem of sin. In the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, we can have our sins forgiven, the guilt of those sins lifted, and the assurance of a home in heaven. Why? The Lord Jesus Christ paid the penalty for my sin when He died upon the cross. When I trusted Him I found forgiveness and cleansing! What about you?