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COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES
Staff as at 31st December, 1971
1 Chief Nursing Officer.
1 Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives 1
and Home Nursing Superintendent.
1 Deputy Non-Medical Supervisor of 31
Midwives and Home Nursing
Superintendent.
5 Full-time Midwives. 7
1 Part-time Midwife. 11
(0.5)* i
7 Full-time District Nurses/Midwives. j
1 Part-time District Nurse/Midwife. o
(0.5)*
1 Full-time Senior District Nurse.
34 Full-time District Nurses.
4 Part-time District Nurses.
(2.0)*
1 Full-time District Nurse Assistant.
13 Part-time District Nurse Assistants.
(6.5)*
22 Sitters-In.
Superintendent Health
Visitor.
Health Visitors (includes 3
Field Work Instructors, 3
Group Advisers).
(2.8)* Part-time Health Visitors.
(5.3)* Part-time Clinic Nurses.
Health Assistant.
Tuberculosis Health Visitor.
Student Health Visitors.
* equivalent whole-time.
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Training
Five midwives are approved as teachers.
Two midwives attended a refresher course as required by the rules of the Central
Midwives Board. Eight midwives attending a statutory refresher course spent a day in
the Borough and two Midwifery Tutor Diploma students spent a week observing the
local commuity services as part of their training.
Twenty one student midwives from West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, and Queen
Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, completed their three months domiciliary instruction
as part of an experimental single period of midwifery training.
Ten nurses from West Middlesex Hospital taking their obstetric training spent a
half-day on the district observing the work of the domiciliary midwives.
Transport
All the domiciliary midwives drive cars. One uses a Council vehicle; the remainder
have their own cars.
Ante-natal Clinics
Total weekly sessions during year (midwives only present) 206
„ „ „ „ „ (medical officer present) 175
„ „ ,, „ „ at family doctors' clinics 329
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