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Leyton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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PROPOSED PATTERN OF FUTURE CLINIC SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
In Outline
The existing organisation of a team of field workers serving catchment areas from
well equipped clinics has proved, in this type of urban area, to give the best service
to the community.
It was agreed that as far as possible all the field services for which this
Committee has, or will have a responsibility should be organised and administered on a
clinic team basis.
The long term effects of this would be towards:-
(i) Minimising the size of the central office;
(ii) Each of the three clinics providing a basic number of
co-ordinated health services for its catchment area;
(iii) Those services such as Specialist Ophthalmic, E.N.T.
Child Guidance etc., which cannot be reduced to less
than a Borough Service being sited at one of the
clinics which would be a main clinic for the whole
area.
Each of the three clinics may require on a long term basis the under-mentioned accommodation to provide the following services:-
| Service | Accommodation |
|---|---|
| Maternity and Child Welfare | Weighing Room (available for Toddlers Play Sessions and Group Occupational Therapy). |
| Consulting Rooms (Medical Staff) | |
| Consulting Cubicles (H.V., P.S. Ws.) | |
| Welfare Foods issuing office | |
| Demonstration kitchen. | |
| Dental Services | Surgeries (minimum of 3 at each clinic) Recovery Room. |
| Home Nursing | Medical Treatment Room (interchangeable with School Minor Ailment Treatment Room). |
| Chiropody Services | Treatment cubicles (minimum of three at each clinic) |
| Mental Health Services | Space for Psychiatric Social Worker Duly Authorised Officer Occupational Therapist |
| Domestic Help Service | Organisers Space |
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