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HEALTH CENTRES
Under Section 21 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, it is the duty of
every local health authority to provide, equip and maintain premises at which
facilities shall be available for all or any of the following purposes:—
(a) for the provision of general medical services under Part IV of this Act
by medical practitioners;
(b) for the provision of general dental services under Part IV of this Act by
denial practitioners;
(c) for the provision of pharmaceutical services under Part IV of this Act
by registered pharmacists;
(d) for the provision or organisation of any of the services which the local
health authority are required or empowered to provide;
(e) for the provision of the services of specialists or other services provided
for out-patients under Part II of this Act; or
(f) for the exercise of the powers conferred on the local health authority by
Section 179 of the Public Health Act, 1936, for the publication of information
on questions relating to health or disease, and for the delivery of
lectures and the display of pictures or cinematograph films in which such
questions are dealt with.
Approval in principle to the provision of a health centre in Hertford Road in
1967/68 has been obtained from the Ministry, and following consultations with the
Executive Council and the Local Medical Committee, plans are near completion.
An early meeting is to take place with officials of the Ministry of Health to finalise
details of this project, and it is hoped that the health centre will be ready for use
in 1969.
Also under consideration is a proposal to provide a health centre or clinic
in the Green Street area, to replace the existing clinic, and this has been provisionally
approved by the Ministry for 1968/69.
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