[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham City Council
Date:
1964
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    64 Mileage and Patients. The number of patients carried and the mileage involved in 1964 continue to show an increase on previous years. The highest number of patients carried in one day was 767 on the 24th November, compared with 742 on the 19th December 1963. The record daily mileage was 2,483 on the 25th May, compared with 2,398 on the 8th October 1963. The increase in the number of patients this year against 1963 is 11,928 and the mileage increase is 39,679. Closer liaison between the Mapperley Hospital Authority and the Ambulance Service in the early months of 1964 resulted in a scheme whereby three vehicles were released for general use by other hospitals. Unfortunately, this saving has now almost been offset by the general increase in patients to all hospitals. A sub-committee of the Health Committee was appointed in April of this year to investigate the possibilities of a more even spreading of appointment times at hospitals. Greater co-operation v/ith the General Hospital’s Medical Records Officer and their Ambulance Transport Officer is having some success. The echelon parking at the General Hospital, which was introduced this summer, enables vehicles to have a quicker turn-round and has proved very successful inasmuch as ambulance waiting time is being reduced. Long-Distance Journeys. The closure of certain railway stations immediately North of the City and in Lincolnshire is placing a further burden on the City Ambulance Service as Nottingham is now the nearest rail point and this authority is responsible for the conveyance of any patients carried under Section 27 of the Act, to their destinations.