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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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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. | l½ | 1 | |
| 4. | 1 | ||
| 5. | 1 | ||
| 6. | 1 | ||
| 7. | 2 | ||
| 8. | 1 | ||
| 9. | 1 | ||
| 10. | 1 | 1 | |
| 11. | 1 | 1 | |
| 12. | 1 | ||
| 13. | 1 | ||
| 14. | 1 | ||
| 15. | i | ||
| 16. | 1 |
In practices 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 (and 11 in the case of the health visitor only),
members of the nursing staff were fully attached to the practices, i.e. they provided, in
consultation with the family doctors, the community health services in their particular
sphere for the patients of the practices exclusively.
In practices 1 and 2 the health visitor attended the doctors' child welfare (child
health) clinics and liaised between the doctors and the appropriate health visitors for those
patients who did not live within her own geographical area.
In practices 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 16 the midwife attended the family doctors'
ante-natal 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 community
staff available.
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