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Night Service
The service was extended during the year by the introduction
of a night service scheme intended to provide help for patients
who are very ill or dying and who need night attention, and so
enable relatives or others who normally provide this assistance to
get a certain amount of relief. The scheme came into operation
in June 1956 and details were forwarded to the local representatives
of the British Medical Association and to hospital almoners. The
scheme, although not widely publicised in its early stages, has
shown that it meets a need, and is to be continued on a gradually
developing basis.
Training Scheme
During the year, by arrangement with the Eastern Electricity
Board a number of home helps attended at the local showrooms for
instruction in the use of electrical appliances. In addition,
ten home helps attended a departmental course of five lecture
demonstrations designed to make the personnel more able to deal
with emergencies, teaching them elementary precautions which they
can take to avoid infection and advising them how their services
may be of most use in families where financial or material resources
are limited. Further courses have been arranged for 1957.