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AREA 1
Area Nursing Officer: Miss B. Pearson with special responsibility as adviser to district nurses and for
their training.
Area 1 includes Queen's Park and Bayswater.
Health Visiting Services
Queens Park Clinic. The clinic is situated in an area where there are many problems related to poor
housing, low income, a high proportion of immigrants, and population changes caused by demolition of old
houses and building of new flats. Because of the pressures involved in working in such an area, young staff
have tended to leave when their contract with the Council has expired. An area nursing officer has made a
study of working conditions in the clinic and her recommendations are under consideration. Twelve sessions
a week are held at the Clinic including child welfare, family planning, ante natal, immunisation, special
investigation and chiropody services.
Hallfield Clinic, Bayswater is situated in a pleasanter area though here too there are families with
problems. Twelve sessions a week are held at this clinic including child welfare, immunisation, cytology,
special investigation, dental and youth advisory. There is also a highly-attended weekly Mother's Club and
three playgroup sessions. In the evening the clinic is used by other agencies including the Social Services
Department and the Tenants Association.
The nursing staff of both clinics are also concerned with the health of 2,250 school children in the areas.
Both clinics have reported a closer working relationship with the Social Services Department since the
latter's area office moved to new accommodation in Kensal House Annexe, Harrow Road, W.10.
District Nursing Services
Since October 1972 the nursing staff have all been based at the Queen's Park clinic. Formerly part of the
staff were based at 117 Sutherland Avenue, but the new arrangement enables better management and
co-operation with the health visitors who are also centred at the clinic. District nursing staff of Area 1 and
Area 4 have continued to train staff for district nursing courses and instruct medical and nursing staff from
hospitals in the neighbourhood on the work of the district nurse.
At Christmas a group of nurses visited patients' homes singing carols which were much appreciated by
their audiences.
Arrangements for Area 1 and Area 4 to liaise with St. Mary's Group of Hospitals are under way and the
first meeting of senior nursing staff is planned for January 1973. Student nurses from St. Mary's Hospital,
Praed Street started their six-week Community Care Course in the summer. Arrangements are also being
made for a health visitor to visit the maternity wards in the hospital and advise in the family planning
clinics.
AREA 2
Area Nursing Officer: Miss P.A. Slack with special responsibilities for health education.
Area 2 includes 5 Child Health Clinics from which 12 health visitors, 6 clinic and school nurses, 11
district nurses, 2 bath attendants and 1 clinic auxiliary work.
Marshall Street Clinic serves the Mayfair and Charing Cross area and the Middlesex Hospital Child
Health Clinic covers Soho. The Westminster Council House Clinic caters for the Marylebone area and also
houses the chest clinic for the whole area as well as providing the base for the district nurses and the two
nursing officers. 217 Lisson Grove is now the clinic for the new Lisson Green Development and the Linnet
Housing clinic serves the St. John's Wood area.
Since the implementation of the new structure co-ordination between the clinics has improved and
regular area-based meetings between staff from a series of disciplines has fostered good working liaison at
local level.