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Training
The two health visitor students who were sponsored by the
borough for training were successful in their final examinations and
are now working full-time in the borough. Three more health visitor
students were sponsored and commenced training in September, 1972.
There are five field work instructors, and each is responsible for
training two health visitor students. These students were from Surrey
University, Chiswick Polytechnic and Ewell Technical College. All
the students were successful in their final examinations.
The staff of the Health Department have continued to assist
with community training for the Kingston Hospital student nurses.
Lectures are given at the hospital, and opportunities given to the
nurses to observe the work of the health visitors and district nurses.
Many students are from other fields such as midwifery, obstetric
nurses, health visitors from other parts of the country, social workers,
child care, tutors and students from Kingston Polytechnic.
Liaison
Regular meetings are now held throughout the borough between
statutory and voluntary visitors to the elderly. These are organised
in clinic premises and chaired by the Principal Nursing Officer. The
purpose of the meetings is to enable workers in the field to share
information, improve communications, and to detect the needs in the
locality, thus helping each individually, and all collectively, to give
a better service to the elderly.