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Middlesex Executive Council
This body is responsible for the provision under
the National Health Service Act of the general
practitioner, dental (other than Local Health
Authority provision for expectant and nursing
mothers, young children and school children)
pharmaceutical and supplementary ophthalmic
services. The headquarters of the Council are at
North West House 119 Marylebone Road NW1.
Tel: 01-723 1277.
Ambulance Service
The borough is included in the area of the Greater
London Council Ambulance Service. Provision is
made for the conveyance of sick, accident and
emergency cases. Tel: 01-204 0251.
Health Centres Section 21
Two purpose-built health centres have been
provided in the borough in accordance with
section 21 of the National Health Service Act,
1946.
The Heston health centre, which was completed
in September 1966, was officially opened by His
Worship the Mayor, Alderman A G King JP
on 28th January 1967. This centre provides
accommodation for two family doctors in addition
to local health authority and school health services.
The borough's second purpose-built health
centre at Spring Road, Feltham, was completed
during the year. Three consulting rooms, three
examination rooms and waiting space is available
to family doctors on a shared accommodation
basis.
There is a close working relationship between
the family doctors and local health authority staff
at both these centres.
Building work on the adaptation of the
Brentford clinic to provide a health centre to
accommodate six family doctors in addition to the
existing local health authority and school health
services was completed during the year.
Hounslow Health Centre 92 Bath Road
An outline of the services to be provided at this
proposed comprehensive health, welfare and
children's centre was given in my last report.
Building work on phases I and II will commence
early next year. Phase I comprises a general
practitioner unit for 13 doctors, health visitors'
rooms and two nurses' treatment rooms, and a
child psychiatric unit. Phase II will provide
accommodation for mental health services,
including a day centre for the mentally ill and
flats for two midwives and a caretaker. Phase III,
which will accommodate the children's and
welfare departments and provide communal
accommodation, has been included in the 1970/71
building programme.
South Hounslow Health Centre
Plans are nearing completion for this centre which
will provide accommodation for three family
doctors and local health authority and school
health services. Subject to the Ministry of Health's
approval it is hoped to include this project in the
1968/69 financial year.
During the year the department continued to
have discussions with the Middlesex Executive
Council, the Local Medical Committee, the
Ministry of Health, Regional Hospital Boards and
general medical practitioners. The Executive
Council provided a list of doctors who were
interested in practising from health centres. This
information, together with the proposed plans for
housing and other developments in the borough,
was taken into consideration when the Ten Year
Development Plan was revised during the year
and provision was made for a total of 13 health
centres to be built by 1977.
Information about the other proposed health
centres is given on page 91 under the heading
'Present and Future Building Projects'.
Ministry of Health Circular 7/67 gave advice
on the planning, preparation and submission of
schemes for health centres with a view to
standardising procedures and so reducing the time
needed for processing each one.
New arrangements for direct payments to
general medical practitioners practising at health
centres in respect of expenditure on rents and rates
and on ancillary staff are promulgated in
E C L 30/67. The new arrangements were taken
into account in negotiations with the Middlesex
Executive Council on financial agreements.
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