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Group Attachment to General Practitioners
This scheme is now well established in three practices
and one new attachment appears to be working well.
The patients and staff, both general practitioners and
midwives, find this to be a better arrangement, and visits are not
duplicated. Greater co-operation is maintained.
Notification of Infectious Diseases Act
Puerperal pyrexia is no longer notifiable under this
Act. Midwives are still required to notify the local supervising
authority under the rules of the Central Midwives Board.
HOME NURSING
At the end of December 1968, the staff of the home
nursing service consisted of the superintendent and her deputy, who
also acted as non-medical supervisors of the midwifery service,
23 full-time and 11 part-time home nurses, 2 full-time persons who
shared their time between the home nursing and midwifery services,
and 2 full-time and 5 part-time nursing auxiliaries.
The services of the district nurses were made available
at the request of general practitioners, evening calls being
covered by a rota of nurses.
Altogether 2,216 persons were nursed during 1968,
involving a total of 93,136 visits. These numbers show increases
of 32 and 8,296 respectively over the corresponding figures for 1967.
More cases are being referred by general practitioners, especially
those practices to which district nurses have been attached.
Disposable Equipment
Much of the equipment now being used by the staff is
disposable, e.g. syringes, catheters, bags and towels. This is
proving more efficient than the previous method of sterilisation by
boiling.