[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chiropody In August, 1960, the Council's chiropody scheme for old people began. Treatment is given at certain of the Council's clinics by chiropodists working on a part-time basis. Where necessary treatment is given at the patient's home. The service is limited to those with low incomes and a charge is made. Mental Health The Council, during the year, agreed with the South Western Regional Hospital Board and the Moorhaven Hospital Management Committee a project of considerable interest in the field of mental health. A Community Mental Health Centre is to be built at “Seven Trees in close proximity to the present headquarters of the Health Department. The cost of erecting and furnishing the Mental Health Centre building is to be met by a grant from the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust at a total of approximately £40,000 and on the same site, partly in “Seven Trees house when vacated by the Health Department headquarters and partly by new buildings, will be new maternity and child welfare and school medical and dental clinics. The services to be provided in this Mental Health Centre are:— 1. Child Guidance Clinic—provided jointly by the Local Education Authority and the Regional Hospital Board. 2. Local Health Authority’s mental health services. 3. Day hospital for psychiatric old people. 4. Day hospital for psychotics to enable them to be dis¬ charged earlier from hospital and to reduce the number of in-patient admissions. 5. Day hospital for patients with severe and chronic neuroses- 6. Therapeutic social clubs. 7. Individual and group psycho-therapy sessions. The Council’s mental welfare staff and the staff of the hospital will work together in close association in this centre and the manage¬ ment of the centre will be carried out by a joint committee composed of equal representatives of the City Council and the hospital.