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Specialist Services
In co-operation with the North East Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board, the following Specialist consultation and treatment
services have been held at the Council's clinics:-
(a) Ophthalmic
3495pupils made5720 attendances at ophthalmic specialist
clinic sessions held at 8 of the Council s clinics These
included 873 new referrals and 1018 prescriptions for
glasses were issued
(b) Orthoptic
Nonsurgical treatment of squint is provided by an orthoptist
who holds regular sessions at 2 of the clinics 191 pupils
were referred for this treatment from the ophthalmic specialist
clinics and 451 treatments were carried out,
(c) Orthopaedic
208 pupils made 593 attendances at orthopaedic specialist
sessions held at 4 of the Council's clinics, including 78
new referrals
(d) Physiotherapy
In conjunction with the orthopaedic specialist sessions,
622 pupils made 1977 attendances for physiotherapy at 5
of the Council's clinics These included 215 new referrals
Child Guidance
Dr J.L. Swift, was appointed Medical Director of Raphael
House Centre for Educational and Family Probfems on 1st
January, 1972, to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation
of Dr, J.L. Vincenzi in July, 1971
In addition to traditional child psychiatry within theClinic,
there has been a move towards expanding the consultation and
liaison services offered bytheChild Guidance Clinic to agencies
and schools within the community, a service offered by the Child
Guidance Clinic team of Psychiatrist, Educational Psychologists
and Psychiatric Social Workers With four Psychiatric Social
Workers in post, it has been possible to offer greater liaison
service with each Area Social Work team, and the Clinic has now
become a regular practical placement for student Social Workers
Child psychiatricservices in the hospitals isahitherto neglected
field, but links are being forged in this area Whilst the Clinic
is a Local Authority facility, children's needs know no administrative
boundary, and the Child Guidance Clinic staff should
be seen to have a concern for all areas of child health in the
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