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Family Planning
Child Health
Mothers' Groups
Mothercraft
Parentcraft
Relaxation
Toddlers' Vaccination and Immunisation
In 1971 attendances at the Child Health Centres (including attendance at
the Grove Health Centre) of children up to 5 years of age totalled 43,328
*(30,271).
Well-Baby Clinics Held at General Practitioners' Surgeries
In addition to the Child Health Sessions at the Council's Maternity and
Child Health Centres, four Health Visitors attended Well-baby Sessions
held in General Practitioners' Surgeries. A General Practitioner also
conducts a Well-baby Clinic for his own patients in one of the Council's
Maternity and Child Health Centres.
Family Planning
The Council decided to implement the provisions of the National Health
Service (Family Planning) Act 1967,with effect from the 1st of January
1969. The arrangements envisaged that the Family Planning Association would
undertake all family planning services in the Borough on an agency basis.
Prior to this decision both the Council and the Family Planning
Association had clinics in the Borough and it was felt that the new agreement
would provide uniformity of charges, assessment scales, and professional
standards for all Hammersmith residents.
Payment is made to the Family Planning Association on a per capita basis
on the following terms:
(i) The Council to be financially responsible for Hammersmith
residents attending clinics within the Borough with the
exception of one Family Planning Association Clinic just
outside the Borough boundary attended by many Hammersmith
patients.
(ii) No charge to be made to Hammersmith residents for advice.
(iii) No charge to be made for medical cases.
(iv) No charge to be made for social cases in hardship.
The following is a list of Family Planning Clinics held within the
Borough:-
Glenthorne Road Child Health Centre
48 Glenthorne Road, W.6.
*Figures in Brackets relate to 1970.
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