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Psychiatric Hospitals (contd ) Cases Admitted Approximate no of
available staffed beds
St Bernard's Hospital - 2,267
Southall Middlesex
Tel: 01-574 8141
(North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board)
Smallpox Hospital
Joyce Green Hospital
Dartford Kent
Tel: 01-32 23231
(Admission to this hospital should be arranged
through the Medical Officer of Health)
Tel: 01-570 7715.
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 International
Life House Olympic Way Wembley Middlesex:
Tel: 01-902 8891,
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
The first phase of the health centre for twelve
family doctors at Bath Road was completed
in December 1969 and the doctors started
practising there in January 1970. On the
first floor there are units for the child
psychiatric and school psychological services,
audiometry and speech therapy rooms and
administrative offices for the nursing and
other services. The Hounslow hospital and
the local authority health department are
immediately adjacent.
Phase II of the health centre was completed
in June, 1970. This includes a day centre for
those recovering from mental illness, a health
education unit, a library, administrative offices
and three flats for nursing personnel and a
caretaker.
The Maswell Park health centre was also
completed during the year and the three family
doctors started practising there in August.
The centre, which was designed so as to allow
for extensions at a later date provides consulting
and examination rooms for three family
doctors and a local authority medical officer
health education, weighing and treatment rooms
speech therapy and chiropody rooms and
accommodation for health visitors. The reception
records and waiting areas are shared by
the local authority and the family doctors. A
special feature of the centre is the provision
of a children's playroom with access to an
attractive internal courtyard
This is the fifth health centre to be provided
by the borough, the other centres being situated
at Heston. Feltham and Brentford. Other centres
are also planned.
Frequent discussions have taken place with
groups of family doctors practising from health
centres and also with those who are interested
in working from such centres.
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