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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES (NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT. 1946)
HEALTH CENTRES AND CLINICS
Section 21 of the National Health Service Act 1946 requires
local health authorities to provide, equip and maintain health centres.
The health centre at Manor Drive, Worcester Park opened on
24 April 1971, the old clinic premises having been extended by the
addition of accommodation for four family doctors. A similar extension
to form a health centre at Gosbury Hill, Hook, is under way and is
expected to open in April 1972.
Due to the extension of Bedelsford School, it is necessary to
replace Grange Road Clinic, Kingston, which is in the same grounds. A
suitable site was found at Hawks Road, Kingston, and building work is
expected to commence in February 1972. It is hoped that this clinic
will open in June 1973.
A site has been earmarked in Alpha Road, Surbiton, for the
building of a clinic to replace the very old and unsuitable premises at
South Place. Due to the need to obtain compulsory purchase orders for
certain of the properties, there has been some delay in commencing work
on this site.
CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG- CHILDREN
Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics
There are six Council owned clinics at which ante and postnatal
sessions are held. These are attended by medical officers and
health visitors, and most of them by midwives.
The following table gives the details, but in addition,
midwives held 147 sessions at these clinics and at the Surbiton and
Maiden District Nurses Homes, at which 100 women made 250 attendances.
4,009 attendances were made at ante-natal, mothercraft and
relaxation classes held at the clinics listed.
There were, in addition, 300 sessions held by general
practitioners to whose practices borough midwives are attached. There
were 2,859 attendances at these sessions.