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The hospital will have an Accident department open 24 hours a day.
This is provided with a 10 bed observation ward, a pair of operating
theatres, special resuscitation rooms and multi-purpose examination and
treatment cubicles. Similar emergency services (e.g. a "flying squad" and an
admissions section next to the delivery suite) will operate in the maternity
unit.
In the Department of Physical Medicine the accent will be on the
full medical and social rehabilitation of the patients; there is, for example
a gymnasium equipped with special apparatus; a modelkitch en; a section
to develop aids for disabled patients and workshops where patients can
make a start in re-learning or acquiring particular skills.
A Nurses' Training School and a School of Radiography attached to
the hospital will provide opportunities for training young people of the
district.
The Clinical Research Centre.
The field of clinical research can broadly be defined as research into
the mechanisms and causes of disease, and its prevention and cure. The
Research Centre's ward block will be situated close to and intercommunicate
with the District Hospital wards. Research facilities will also be
provided within the Maternity, Psychiatric and Infectious Diseases blocks.
Research will also be carried out in the various out-patient departments,
so that the Centre may identify and work on the problems of disease as
they actually arise in the community. Research workers in the laboratories
will work in close collaboration with their clinical colleagues to bring an
integrated effort to bear on the health problems.
A medical library and lecture hall for scientific meetings will also be
built and these will be open not only to members of the Research Centre,
tot also to the staff of the District and other local hospitals and other
Members of the medical profession working in the area.
It is hoped that the above, together with other facets in the new
development will help to foster contact between the different branches of
te health service.
Infectious Diseases Hospital
West Hendon Hospital (Telephone No. Colindale 8182) provides
accommodation for cases of infectious disease which require admission to
hospital.
Chest Hospitals
Clare H?all, South Mimms, Harefield Hospital and Colindale Hospital
are used for patients suffering from respiratory tuberculosis. In addition,
there are also beds at Edgware General Hospital and Hillingdon Hospital
for those suffering from this complaint.