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I would like to express my appreciation of the work carried out by the staff at
the Laboratory who, during the course of the year, has given considerable advice and
help to the Public Health Department.
The number of samples taken in respect of milk, ice cream, domestic water
supplies and swimming pools are shown elsewhere in the report.
THE EDGWARE GROUP HEALTH SERVICES LIAISON COMMITTEE.
The Medical Liaison Committee was set up in 1956 to improve liaison between the
different sections of the National Health Service. The Committee meet about four
times a year to consider problems of liaison and some of its activities during the
past year are summarised below:
Liaison between Hospital Consultants and General Practitioners.
The Secretary of the Medical Staff Committee of Edgware General Hospital has
now arranged for a note to be sent to the general practitioner on the day his patient
is discharged from hospital.
Liaison between Health Visitors and General Practitioners.
The Committee has suggested that the best liaison between Health Visitors exists
in areas where the Health Visitors have made appointments by telephone with medical
practitioners, visited them and explained the scope and possibility of the health
visiting service.
Liaison between Health Visitors and Hospital Staff.
Arrangements have been made for Health Visitors to attend the geriatric and
diabetic Outpatient Departments of the Edgware General Hospital so that they would
be able to help patients with social, nursing or dietetic problems.
Liaison between Hospital and Local Health Authority Clinic Medical Staff.
The Paediatrician of Edgware General Hospital and the Area Medical Officers of
Hendon and Wembley have made an arrangement for the interchange of a medical officer
between the two branches of the Health Services concerned.
Ante-Natal care of cases booked for hospital confinement.
The Committee, together with representatives of Harrow Division of the B.M.A. ,
discussed the arrangements for the ante-natal care of women booked for confinement
in Edgware General Hospital. Discussion is still proceeding.
Specialist reports from Local Health Authority Clinics.
School Medical Officers refer cases directly to Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic and
E.N.T. Specialists unless the child's own doctor has requested the Area Medical
Officer to make alternative arrangements for his patients.
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