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ing practical domiciliary experience as part of their overall training
programme. Training visits or visits of observation were made to the
District Nursing Service on 384 days. It has also been possible for
some of the district nursing staff to spend some time in hospital learning
about new methods of treatment and new drugs.
It is hoped that during 1973 this arrangement will continue, and
that it will be possible for a nursing officer to go into both St. Helier
and St. George's Hospitals to act as a liaison officer, thus ensuring
that for patients being discharged into the care of the domiciliary
nurses, there is continuity of care.
Post-Registration Courses
One nursing officer attended a First Line Management Course.
One nurse attended a Practical Work Instructors Course and one nurse
a general refresher course. 28 staff attended day or half-day courses on
various subjects, in order to maintain and improve technical skills and
theoretical knowledge.
Cases Attended

The total number of cases attended during the year was 3,809
and the total number of visits made was 117,297.
Marie Curie Foundation Cancer Nursing Service
This Authority acts as agents for the Marie Curie Memorial
Foundation who bear the initial costs of the Day and Night Cancer
Nursing Service supplied locally to any cancer patient being nursed
at home and in need of additional care, especially night attendance.
The Authority reimburses the Foundation with one-third of the annual
expenditure on this service. The service is staffed by qualified nursing
staff and unqualified staff, the appropriate person being sent to each
case as necessary. The service is run through the Home Nursing
Service. Twenty patients were nursed during 1972, receiving a
total of 80 visits. The aim of this service is mainly to relieve relatives
from night nursing duties to enable them to get sufficient sleep
and rest in order to continue the often strenuous task of looking after
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