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During the year three members of the staff resigned, one on retirement,
one on removing from the area, and one for domestic reasons.
The vacant positions were advertised in the normal way and the successful
candidates were selected from nine applicants.
Training
Arrangements were made for the staff to attend the following sessions
during the year:-
(1) Training film at the Caryl Thomas Clinic, subject "Bowel
Management".
(2) Training film at the Caryl Thomas Clinic, subject "Congenital
Heart Defects in Young Children".
(3) Relative discussion groups at Edgware General Hospital, subject
"Stroke and Counter-Stroke".
(4) Day studies at Edgware General Hospital, subject "Geriatric
Care".
The above sessions were all well attended and found to be informative.
The day studies on geriatric care were of particular interest to the
nurses as two-thirds of the patients visited by them are over sixty-five
years of age.
All the staff visited Harefield Heart Hospital and were given instruction
on the cardiac pace maker.
One male nurse attended a refresher course.
Student Visits on the District
A total of 103 pre-nursing students from the Chiswick and Harrow
Technical Colleges and general nursing students from the Edgware, the
Harrow and the Middlesex Hospitals visited the department, accompanied
the home nurses on domiciliary visits and were given lectures on environmental
health.