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The 1969 report referred to research undertaken on behalf of the
London Boroughs Training Committee by the Greater London Council's
Research and Intelligence Unit. In this 8 Health Visitors in the
Borough co-operated. The publication of this report has been delayed
but preliminary findings indicate that the work of Health Visitors
in a central London borough is complicated by the mobility of
population, the difficulties of travel, and the high cost of living.

Health Visitor Students
Eight students were sponsored for health visitor training and
training facilities for practical work with a Fieldwork Instructor
were again given to health visitor students from the Royal College
of Nursing, the North Western Polytechnic, Chiswick Polytechnic and
the University of Surrey.
Co-operation with General Practitioners
The attachment of community nursing staff to general practitioners
has continued to develop slowly. This includes in many practices a
team including health visitor, domiciliary midwife and district nurse.
Attachment and liaison schemes now involve 8 group practices with a
total of 20 doctors and a total of 16 community nursing staff.
This method of working has been found advantageous by both the
doctors and the community nursing staff, and it is to be hoped that,
as more general practitioners work within group practices, this method
will be further developed.
Co-operation with Hospitals
Health visitors continue to teach in the Schools of Nursing at
St. Charles's and St. Stephen's Hospitals, on the community aspects
of health and disease and the preventive and social care available
for families within the community.