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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.
One Consultant from the hospital for mentally subnormal, visits
the Borough and sees subnormals at the request of the Health Department.
One specialist visitor (Geriatric Liaison Officer) on the staff
of the Medical Officer of Health is responsible 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 on Infant Welfare Clinics there.
The services of Health Visitors, District Nurses and Midwives are
placed at the disposal of the family doctors as requested, the contact
being made either through the Senior Nursing Staff or directly with
the nursing staff concerned.
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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