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HOME NURSING
At the end of December 1965, the staff of the home nursing
service consisted of the supervisor and her deputy who also acted as
non-medical supervisors of the midwifery service, 15 full-time and
12 part-time home nurses and the 4 full-time persons who shared their
time between the home nursing and midwifery services.
The services of the district nurses are made available at
the request of general practitioners. Evening calls are covered by
a rota of nurses.
Altogether 2,248 persons were nursed during 1965, involving
a total of 84,559 visits. 44 cases (involving 421 visits) were under
five years of age at the time of the first visit, and 1,453 cases
(involving 66,647 visits) were over 65 at the time of the first visit.
Special pads are supplied to incontinent patients who are
receiving care from a district nurse.
Training of District Nurses
Training of district nurses was undertaken in co-operation
with the Surrey County Council. The training courses for state
registered nurses are of four months® duration, but if a nurse is
also a state certified midwife, a shorter course of three months*
duration is provided. Three weeks are spent on theoretical work at
Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge, and the remaining time is
devoted to practical training, the nurses being based at the Council's
nurses' home at 21/23 Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton.
During 1965, 10 students completed their district training
and 3 of these were subsequently appointed to the staff of the
department.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
The acceptance rate by parents for vaccination and
immunisation is reasonable in the borough, but in order to improve
this it is proposed to have a national campaign during the forthcoming
year.