[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.

  • Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •well in this respeot, and are always prepared toaacede to any requests made by this office in co-ordinating patients appointment times. During recent years it has been apparent that the number of cases requiring transport to Out-Patient clinics held at hospitals within the County has decrea- sed, and the number attending out-county hospitals for treatment has increased. Due to the fact that no large Oeneral Hospital is situated in this County, the majority of patients are having to be conveyed mainly to Aberystwyth, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Wrexham, and as the same patients are continually recalled to attend Clinics at these hospitals, the mileage and therefore the cost of the Sitting-case Car Service is constantly increased. Our-Patient clinics in hospitals outside this County are held on a timed appointment basis, and this method has produced a quicker turn over of patients as far as the hospitals are concerned. It has however added to the difficulties of the Sitting-case Car Service in that a number of cars have to be used daily in conveying patients living in the same area and attending the same hospital, and perhaps the same clinic, but with different appointment times. Whenever possible, hospitals co-operate with this Office in avoiding such difficulties, but many instances arise when the co-ordination of patients appointments cannot be made. It will be apparent that whilst patients are having less time to wait for treatment under this appointment system, such a system does not help in curbing the journeys necessary to convey the patients, but tends to increase them, thus resulting in higher costs. Summary of work carried out monthly by Sitting-ca.se Cars during I960 and 195$ Month Year I Journeys Mileage' Cost! Type of cases conveyed Total I . t £ 1 Adm. Dis. Irans O.P. Phy6io. Cases j ! 1 Jan. j I960 i 417 i 2^,025 670 j 55 , 55 9 i 522 604- 1,245 j 1959 i as i 19,776 641; 53 i 44 1 14 1 1 516 528 • 1,155 1 i | Feb. I960 | 443 | 21,7181 697 w! 62 19 554 686 1,364 1959 1 409 , 17,565 563; 54 1 52 12 498 488 1,104 March I960 411 20,868 671 49 ! 47 12 596 578 1,282 1959 394 ; 17,972' 574 47 i 78 11 482 512 1,130 | April I960 393 | 19,154 625 38 ; 46 i 17 582 480 1,163 1959 439 1 21,773 700 53 i 65 ! 17 570 644 1,349 ' May 1 I960 ! 466 22,329 723 47 j 71 22 640 642 1,422 1959 450 22,582 723 3? i 62 21 634 638 ' 1,392 June I960 475 22,496 724 44 56 15 612 698 1,425 1959 454 22,386 722 39! 65 14 644 642 1,404 July I960 424 20,847 667 38 63 13 556 634 1,304 1959 491 24,838 803 56 64 21 618 654 1,413 Aug. I960 398 21,978| 696 * 58 63 14 564 596 1,295 1959 381 18,581 600 i 30 1 40 19 480 460 1,029 Sept. I960 448 25,472 819 i 61 67 24 564 650 1,366 1959 402 21,218 678 58 44 14 532 456 1,104 Oct. I960 447 23,785 756 ! 59 54 21 616 676 1,426 1959 428 21,042! 674 | 49 59 16 506 562 1,192 Nov. I960 479 25,241 818 62 16 736 744 1,600 1959 444 20,110 | 649 ; ^3 58 16 552 602 1,271 Dec. I960 418 18,951 1 613 51 64 I 18 486 622 1,241 1959 419 20,784 672 41 54 9 604 524 ! 1,232 Total I960 5,219 ! 263,864 |8,479 ! 585 710 200 7,028 7,610 16,133 1959 ' 5,129 1248,627 17,999 i 560 685 184 6,636 L ——■ ■— 6,710 14,775 j