[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester R.D.C.

  • Winchester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following procedure applies for the admission of •— (a) Acutely III Patients Doctors may apply direct to the hospital of their choice for the admission of such a patient. In the event of difficulty, or if they reqmre assistance, they apply to the Winchester Bed Service office. is office is open day and night (telephone Winchester 2345) and demands for beds can be made there at any time. (b) Chronic Sick Patients There is a shortage of beds for such patients and it is therefore ooTdS the6 “awnSiderati°n ^ S0Cial “ WeU M the medical In the event of a bed not being vacant, the Winchester Bprl Service will place the patient’s name on the waiting list and at the same time inform the County Medical Officer, who is arranging for all such cases to be visited by his welfare workers with the object of assessing priority for admission. As soon as a vacancy is found for the patient, the practitioner is informed and asked to' confirm that admission is still required and that the patient can travel by ambu- of the i^tienTto ShCh C°n]fir“f:i0n’ arranSements for the'transfer Bed Service 6 P be undertaken by the Winchester c) Patients suffering from Infectious Diseases P0®*?™ aPP!y dire°t to their local fever hospitals or in the (Service dlfficu tles’ to the Medlcal Officer of Health or to the Bed It is not the intention that uncomplicated cases of measles foittedntoffif,et rV6r’ gfman raeasles or mumps shall be ad’ leaith !,S‘ diseases hospitals unless the Medical Officer of iealth supports such admissions. Applications should in such ases, be made through the Medical Officer of Health. Suspected cases of smallpox are reported in the first instance o the local Medical Officer of Health. The admission of patients Sfs th0emWffichP°tX Vr,ranged ^ the Cou‘ity Medical Officer, /. r nchester Bed Service to make arrangements for the eception of the patient at the Crabwood Smallpox Hospital. Maternity Arrangements for the admission of a patient on medical rounds will be made between the practitioner and the hospital If *net muas? t° \fdmit,ted for -cial reasons, a sup^ortSg Ite t must be obtained from the County Medical Officer and pphcation made through the Winchester Bed Service.