Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 64th, 1961.

  • Graylingwell Hospital (Chichester, England)
Date:
1961
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Credit: Annual report of Graylingwell Hospital : 64th, 1961. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    members of the Nursing Staff are able to pay domiciliary visits on suitable patients. So far the numbers have been small but I believe that as we gain experience there is a big future for this kind of nursing service. The combined effect of the two services on the hospital itself has been quite considerable. Apart from the reduction in the number of patients being hospitalised there have been less occupied beds. At the end of 1956 there were 1095 patients in hospital, while at the end of 1960 there were 979—a reduction of 10.6%. Fewer beds being occupied means, of course, a very large reduction in the number of “in-patient days/’ In 1956 there were 403,588: in 1960 there were 53,076 less. As it has been estimated that seven in-patient days are equivalent to at least £2 0s. 0d., this reduction represents a saving of £15,289. 14s. 0d> 2. HORSHAM AND CRAWLEY OUT-PATIENT CLINICS. Despite the unremitting efforts of the Chairman of the Management Committee and myself, we have been unsuccessful in finding premises suitable to act as a day hospital in the Horsham area, thereby enabling us to set up in that district a Community Service similar to those in Worthing and Chichester. This is very disappointing indeed because clearly there is an obvious need for a community service in the northern part of the County. We have two active Clinics, however, one attached to Horsham Hospital and the second is held in the new Out-Patient Department at Crawley. Dr. B. H. Vawdrey is in charge of both and he has the assistance of Dr. A. R. Jones, Dr. J. S. Bland, Dr. N. Kaye and Dr. N. B. Kreitman, while Miss V. Arendt, Hospital Almoner, carries out the social work. Nothing yet has been done to provide Horsham Hospital with an adequate Out- Patient Department and conditions there for all specialities are highly undesirable. Attendances for the combined clinics for the year 1960 amounted to : 349 new patients; total attendances 2974. 3. PUBLIC RELATIONS. The days are over when psychiatric illness was something to be ashamed of and treatment in a mental hospital resulted in social death. This has been brought about by talking to the