Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 59th, 1956.

  • Graylingwell Hospital (Chichester, England)
Date:
1956
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Credit: Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 59th, 1956. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the success of the Exhibition was largely due to their efforts. Through the efforts of the Matron, the Senior Sister Tutor and their staff, we also took part in the Bognor Regis Careers and Hobbies Exhibition held from 18th to 21st April, 1956. They prepared a Nurse Recruitment Stand which was attended by members of the nursing staff during the whole of the Exhibition. We are deeply indebted to the League of Friends of the Chichester Hospitals who have not only given us substantial gifts to provide additional amenities and refinements for our patients, but have taken a personal interest in the work of the hospital and the welfare of the patients. Our sincere thanks are also due to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. S. Naunton, through whose kind enthusiasm and energy an active “ Worthing and District League of Friends of Graylingwell ” has been formed. Already a number of the members have visited the hospital to see where best they can help both by gifts and by personal service. 1 am confident that the formation of this League will not only bring many practical benefits to the patients but it will keep the people of Worthing and its environs—from where so many of our patients come—fully informed of the services maintained by the hospital. During yet another year we have had generous assistance from members of the Women's Voluntary Services. Regularly they attend on visiting days and help to prepare tea for the visitors. They have also taken over efficiently the work of librarian, and indeed in many ways they have been extremely kind and helpful and we are sincerely grateful to them. As is mentioned later in this report, we are deeply indebted to the members of Selsey Women’s Institute for so kindly entertaining in their own homes a large number of long-stay women patients. I doubt if they know how much the patients enjoy these outings and how much they talk about them afterwards, but they are undoubtedly giving a splendid service which is deeply appreciated. The General Practitioners in our area have continued, as in previous years, to give us every help and assistance and we are indeed indebted to them for the very great interest they take in the specialty of psychiatry and the services we are providing. We are able to meet them personally on domiciliary visits, they receive a detailed report of all patients seen at Clinics, of all patients discharged from hospital or who have died, while finally, each General Practitioner receives a copy of the Annual Report which gives him the latest information about the hospital.