[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    29 Student Nurses from the Guest and Wordsley School of Nursing spent a day with Home Nursing Sisters and 6 Pupil Midwives also paid visits of observation. Marie Curie Day and Night Nursing Service for Cancer Patients Three Nurses and 1 Auxiliary remained on the panel for this service. During the year they attended 17 patients entailing 70 visits. Two patients were supplied with bed linen and clothing which was urgently required to give extra comfort and aid nursing. Loan of Nursing Equipment The following articles were issued on loan. The figures do not include articles already out on loan from the previous year: Beds . . 6 Mattresses 6 Air cushions .. .. 112 Ripple beds .. .. Ill Sheepskins 9 Back rests .. 140 Bed pans .. 158 Commodes 83 Urinals 92 Feeding cups .. 13 Cradles .. 68 Lifting poles and chains 9 Wheelchairs .. 64 Fireguards 3 Walking aids .. 83 Walking sticks.. 28 Miscellaneous.. 3 During the year the Badley Nursing Trust and members of the public donated between them: 2 ripple beds 6 bed tables 6 commodes 4 sheepskins 3 foot suction apparatus 10 walking aids 8 wheelchairs It will be noticed that the main items of equipment issued were those used mainly in the care of the elderly, the numbers of whom are continuously rising. As many of these are long term loans a constant review of this equipment is required in order to meet the demand.
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