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into two fair sized consulting rooms, with waiting space, and
the removal of two partition walls has transformed a very small
and inconvenient room into a consulting room and given an
enlarged treatment room. Where necessary, additional handbasins,
strip lighting and electric points have also been installed."
The cost of the necessary work was borne jointly by the County
Council and the Hospital Management Committee.
RE-ORGANISATION OF CLINIC SERVICES
During the year a review was undertaken of the clinic services to
ascertain:—
(a) what economies in running expenses could be effected without
detriment to the service and
(b) what could be done to make better use of existing accommodation.
A summar of the changes effected is given below.
Paget War. Barking Hospital. The Regional Hospital Board
estimated that running costs of this ward were something over
£1,600 per annum and of this the County Council were liable to pay
one half because of the following services installed there:—
Birth Control Clinic,
Speech Therapy Clinic,
Workroom and Office for Occupational Therapist.
It was decided to move the birth control clinic to Upney Clinic,
to divide speech therapy sessions between Central and Woodward
Clinics and to give the occupational therapist office facilities in the
Fast Street office premises.
In view of thefact that Paget Ward was scheduled to be used
for in-patients once more in the redevelopment plan for the Barking
Hospital, the Hospital Management Committee decided to move their
out-Patient services held in this ward elsewhere also. The first step
taken was to move the specialist skin clinic to Upney Clinic, leaving
only the orthoptic clinic to be housed elsewhere.
Chiropody St ice. At the time of the review there were four
chiropodists open ng at Central Clinic and one each at Woodward
and Porters Avenue Clinics. It was decided to transfer a chiropodist
from Central Clinic to operate a chair at Greatfields Clinic and to
transfer the three remaining chairs at Central Clinic from the tem-
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