[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Uttoxeter R.D.C.
- Uttoxeter (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Uttoxeter R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![General Medical and Surgical Cases. Patients suffering from medical or surgical conditions on account of which they required to be admitted to hospital, went mainly to the Infirmaiffes at Derby, vStoke-on-Trent, and Burton- on-Trent. Whereas, under the National Health Service Act, 1946, the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary at Derby was included in the Sheffield Hospital Region, and other three Infirmaries referred to above, were situated in the Birmingham Hospital Region. Never¬ theless, it is possible for patients from Uttoxeter Rural District to be admitted to any of these hospitals irrespective of the adminis¬ trative boundary. Tuberculosis Beds. Provision for the institutional treatment of patients suffering from this disease is the responsibility of the appropriate Regional Hospital Board. The shortage of nursing staff, and especially of staff trained and willing to nurse this type of case, has been reflected in the waiting lists for sanatoria and in the difficulty which medical practitioners have experienced in having such cases removed from their homes. Your District, has, of course, not suffered any more in this connection than other parts of the country. It is to be hoped, however, that the improvement in the recruitment of nurses which is now taking place, will very shortly result in some alleviation of this very serious state of affairs. Maternity and Gynaecological Cases. Maternity and Gynaecological cases were again mainly admitted to the Derbyshire Hospital for Women, the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, and the Ashbourne Maternity Home. Home and Domestic Help Service. (Controlled by Area Health Committee.) This is one of the services provided under the National Health Service Act, for which the Local Health Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may recover from the persons availing themselves of it, such charges (if any) as the Authority considers reasonable, having regard to the means of those persons. This entails in those cases in which the applicant states that he is unable to pay the full amount, an assessment of income, and the application of a scale which results in the charge (if any) which is made for the services of the Home Help, being related to what the individual is able to pay. Those who can pay are asked to pay, but those who cannot are not asked to pay the full charge, but only a modified charge, and in some cases pay no charge. In the ]*-^ural area there are six part-time Helps. The Service has been very successful, and is appreciated by those who make use of the Servdee. The demand is gradually increasing. Sixteen cases were dealt with during 1952.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30202711_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
