London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Family Doctors and Community Nursing Staff
The table below summarises the position at the end of the year concerning the attachment/liaison of nursing staff with family doctors in the Borough.
| Practice No. | No. of Health Visitors | No. of Midwives | No. of District Nurses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. | 2 | ||
| 3. | 1 | ||
| 4. | l | ||
| 5. | 1 | ||
| 6. | 1 | ||
| 7. | 2 | ||
| 8. | 1 | ||
| 1 | |||
| 10. | 1 | ||
| 11. | l | 1 | |
| 12. | 1 | ||
| 13. | 1 |
In practices 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 (health visitor) and 12, members of the nursing staff are
fully attached to the practices, i.e. they provide, in consultation with the family doctors,
the local authority health services in their particular sphere for the patients of the pract'
ices exclusively.
In practices 1 and 2 the health visitor attends the doctors'1 child welfare (child health)
clinics and liaises between the doctors and the appropriate health visitors for those patients
who do not live within her own geographical area.
In practices 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13 the midwife attends the family doctor's antenatal
clinics.
These schemes are kept under constant review and new applications for attachment
or liaison are considered in relation to the family doctors' requirements and the local
authority staff available.
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