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6. The development of G.P. units within general hospitals.
7. The continuance of special units for G.P.s as exist at the moment
in this area.
8. The recruitment of G.P.s from amongst junior hospital staff
some of these would be serving part-time in hospital, part-time
in the G.P.s surgery.
MATERNITY LIAISON
Clinical Assistantship for General Practitioners
The Committee learned that the Hendon Group Management Committee had approved
the suggestion that a limited number of General Practitioners should be appointed
as Out Patient Assistants in the Ante-Natal Clinic at Edgware General Hospital.
Early Discharge of Maternity Patients
The North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board drew attention to the increased
pressure on maternity beds, and it was suggested that the discharge of a
number of carefully selected patients after 48 hours would help the situation,
provided that maternity nursing was available and that there were arrangements for
domestic help. An approach is to be made to the Ministry to try to modify the
system of maternity grants so that the patient will suffer no financial disincentive.
The Maternity Co-operation Card
The Committee are considering the introduction of the standard maternity cooperation
card to include important basic clinical data which could be held by the
patient for the assistance of any doctor or midwife called to her in emergency.
The matter is still under consideration.
Blood Grouping
Mr. Rosser explained that routine A.B.O. grouping in pregnancy had never been
adopted in Edgware General Hospital because it was the practice to rely on cross
matching at the time of transfusion
WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE
I am indebted to County Councillor Miss E.M. Weavers, B.A., F.R.S.A.,
Chairman of the Hendon Old People's Welfare Committee and to Mr. E.B. Pinder Davis,
Hon. Secretary for the Report for the year 1962/63.
'VISITING. In the previous Annual Report particular emphasis was laid upon
the need for a well organised visiting service as the basis for the work of an Old
People's Welfare Committee. We are now glad to report that a grant of £850 per
annum for the employment of a whole-time Supervisor of Visiting has been authorised
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