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of local health authority services; and for school health service
specialist medical and dental services. It is anticipated that the
centre will be operational about the middle of 1974.
3. Larch Road Health Centre.
This centre will be part of the Larch Road development area
and will be located at the junction of Bedford Hill and Elmfield
Road, S.W.17. It will provide for five general practitioners:
for a full range of local health authority services; and for a
school health service dental suite. As with the Bridge Lane
centre facilities will also be available for a mobile X-ray unit
to operate from the centre as and when necessary. It is anticipated
that this centre also will be operational in the early part
of 1974.
4. Burtop Road Health Centre.
This centre will be part of the Burtop Road redevelopment
and will be located at the junction of Garratt Lane and Maskell
Road, S.W.17. Accommodation will be provided for two
general practitioners and for a full range of local health authority
services. The preliminary planning of this centre commenced
late in 1971 and no indication is yet available of its
completion date.
In noting the pleasing progress that has been made in the
planning of health centres, I welcome the opportunity to record
my appreciation of the excellent co-operation we have enjoyed in
our discussions with the general practitioners concerned, the Inner
London Executive Council and the staff of the Borough Architect's
Department on the many points of detail involved. The enthusiasm
and hard work of all concerned, including the relevant staff in the
Health Department has ensured that the planning of these centres
—a new venture so far as Wandsworth is concerned—has been
both smooth and comprehensive.
Community nursing service
The community nursing service has been involved in considerable
change during the year. The community nursing staff were
responsible for and much involved with the day care service for
children under five years of age and the home help service. Following
the setting-up of the Social Services Department, much discussion
took place between the staff of the two departments as to the
precedures for handing over and future collaboration concerning
these two services. The home help service was passed to the Social
Services Department in April, the day care service was divided
into two separate parts for the purpose of handing over; local
authority day nurseries passed to the Social Services Department
in May and daily minding, private day nurseries and playgroups in
October.