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Mattock Lane, 13 Mattock Lane, Ealing W.5 Mon. Wed. Fri. 2—4 p.m.
Perivale, Horsenden Lane, Greenford Mon. Thurs. 2—4 p.m.
Ravenor Park, Oldfield Lane, Greenford Mon. Tues. Wed. Fri.
2—4 p.m.
HOME NURSING SERVICE
There are 20 full-time Home Nurses and eight part time Home Nurses in Ealing,
including two male nurses. During the year a total of 83,026 visits was made to 2,531
patients.
The object of the service is to supply nursing care for those whose illness can be as
well treated at home as in hospital. An increasing amount of the work is concerned
with the elderly in helping to keep them in the community.
Day and night nursing assistance is now available for patients with terminal
carcinoma through the Marie Curie Foundation who will also provide grants for
extra nourishment, etc. These services have been greatly appreciated.
The services of a home nurse are available at the request of the patient's medical
practitioner or hospital medical officer. Application should be made to the Area
Medical Officer, Town Hall Annexe, Ealing, W.5.
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY SERVICE
There is a staff of 14 midwives in Ealing.
There were 708 home confinements in Ealing in 1963 compared with 846 in 1962.
The number of pupil midwives who received district training during the year was 20.
Patients suitable for home confinement are those who, it is expected, will have an
uncomplicated delivery and whose home circumstances are satisfactory. Because of
the extra demand for maternity hospital beds a part-time domiciliary midwife has
been appointed to nurse midwifery patients who can be discharged from hospital
48 hours after delivery. These patients are very carefully selected and are discharged
only if both mother and baby are fit.
This arrangement has reduced the number of maternity patients who have to be
admitted to hospital through the emergency bed service.
A heated portable incubator, with facilities for the administration of oxygen, is
available to transport premature infants from home to hospital. The incubator is kept
at the Boston Road Ambulance Station from where it can be sent to any part of the
Borough where it is required.
Applications for the services of a midwife should be made through a Maternity
and Child Welfare Clinic.
HOME HELP SERVICE
The Home Help Service provides domestic help in time of illness. All normal
household duties, including shopping, cooking, washing, cleaning, and looking after
children are undertaken. There is an equivalent of 155 full-time home helps in Ealing.
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