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CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES
Co-ordination and co-operation of the Health Department services
with family doctor and hospital services occurs at a number of levels.
At Committee level there is cross-representation of members and officers.'
For example the Chairman of the Health Committee serves on the Regional
Hospital Board. The Vice Chairman among others serves on the Executive Council
and the Medical Officer of Health and members of the Health Committee
serve on Hospital Management Committees.
Hospital Management Committee members from two Management Committees
are co-opted on to the Health Committee.
The Medical Officer of Health attends the meetings of the Local
Medical Committee and a family doctor is co-opted on to the Health Committee.
At officer level there are links through the Medical Officer of Health
with the Hospital Medical Advisory and Staff Committees and the Medical
Officer of Health serves on the area Committee of the Association of Hospital
Management Committees.
The Senior Medical Officer in charge of the Mental Health Section attends
the mental hospital for the mentally ill weekly as do the mental health
social workers.
One Consultant from the hospital for mentally subnormal visits the
Borough and sees subnormals at the request of the Mental Health Section.
One specialist visitor (Geriatric Liaison Officer) on the staff of the
Medical Officer of Health is responsibile for acting as liaison between
the geriatric units - the family doctors and the Local Authority services.
Health Visitors work in a health centre where a group of family doctors
attend and carry Infant Welfare Clinics there.
Apart from this there is no "attachment" of staff as such though this
is under discussion by the Council.
The services of Health Visitors, District Nurses and Midwives are placed
at the disposal of the family doctors as requested, the contact being made
through the Senior Nursing Staff.
Meetings between Local Health Authority Medical Officers of Health
and family doctors who carry out clinics in the area are held at which
common problems and new projects are discussed.
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