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MEDICAL NEWS APPOINTMENTS AREA BOUNDARIES FOR THE REORGANISED NATIONAL HEALTH Regional Adviser SERVICE Dr Robin Catlin d.m., m.r.c.g.p., has been Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for the appointed regional adviser for the North-east Social Services, has made a written statement Metropolitan region, London. on the boundaries of the area and regional Dr Catlin is adviser to the Chelmsford health authorities in the reorganised Health vocational training scheme which by being Service. linked with St. Bartholomew's Hospital is the "I envisage no departure from the principles first of the three-year schemes at a London stated in the consultative document on teaching hospital. He is also adviser to the National Health Service reorganisation that Chief Constable, Essex and Southend on Sea outside London the boundaries of the area Constabulary. health authorities should be the same as those ofthe new non-metropolitan districts. Consultant adviser "Consideration of the boundaries within Professor P. S. Byrne, O.B.E., f.r.cg.p., London is not yet completed. The regional has been appointed consultant adviser in health authorities will be responsible for the general practice to the Department of Health groups of health areas outside London shown and Social Security. below. I shall issue guidance on the manage¬ ment arrangements that should apply where Nottingham University health catchment areas overlap the new boundaries when I have received the Dr D. Metcalfe, m.a., m.b., B.chir., advice of the current N.H.S. management study later in m.r.c.g.p., Associate Professor of family the medicine at the University of Rochester, year. U.S.A., has been appointed senior lecturer in "Administrative boundaries will not be general practice at the University of Notting¬ allowed to restrict the present freedom of ham. patients to go to the general practitioner of their choice and the most appropriate hos¬ pital." FIFTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON Region 1: The counties ofCumbria, Durham, GENERAL PRACTICE Northumberland, Teesside and the metropolitan districts in Tyneside. 2: The fifth world conference on general practice Region The counties of Humberside, is to be held in Melbourne, Australia, October North Yorkshire and the metro¬ 1-7, 1972. Among the subjects that will be politan districts in West Yorkshire. examined will be the problem-orientated Region 3: The Counties of Derbyshire, medical record, the integration of doctors, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, police, ambulance and allied personnel for a Nottinghamshire and the comprehensive road accident service, and post¬ metropolitan districts in South graduate education for doctors. Yorkshire. Region A: The counties of Cambridgeshire, Several world authorities will be speaking on Norfolk and Suffolk. these subjects including Dr Lawrence Weed of Region 5: The counties of Bedfordshire and Cleveland, Ohio; Dr K. Easton general prac¬ Hertfordshire. titioner, Yorkshire; Dr John Corley, Chief ex¬ Region 6: The county ofEssex. aminer for the Canadian College of Family Region 1: The counties of East Sussex and Physicians; and Miss Christine McGuire, Kent. Professor of Medical Education in the Uni¬ Region 8: The counties of Surrey and West versity ofIllinois, U.S.A. Sussex. Programme and registration forms are Region 9: The counties of Dorset, Hamp¬ available from the Secretariat, Fifth World shire and Wiltshire. Conference on General Practice, 254 Albert Region 10: The counties of Berkshire, Buck¬ Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia inghamshire, Northamptonshire 3002. and Oxfordshire. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1972, 22, 536 Medical news 537 Region 11: The counties of Avon, Cornwall, held on 7 June 1972 at the Royal College of Devon, Gloucester and Somerset. Nursing. Region 12: The counties of Hereford and Senior spokesman for the 25 organisations Worcester, Salop, Staffordshire, present passed a resolution urging the Sec¬ Warwickshire and the metro¬ retary of State for Social Services, Sir Keith politan districts in the West Joseph, Bart., to clarify whether the proposed Midlands. community directives would apply to nationals Region 13: The county of Cheshire and the in the health professions within member metropolitan districts in Mersey¬ countries as well as to health workers moving side. from one country to another. Region 14: The county of Lancashire, and the metropolitan regions in Greater Sir Keith said that he thought it was un¬ Manchester. likely that any of the directives affecting the health professions would be implemented Regions 5, 6 7, and 8 will also include before 1 January 1973 by which date Britain London areas. would be a full member and thus have a vote in the Council of Ministers. REVIEW BODY He hoped that harmonization of standards The review body on doctors' and dentists' would be upwards and noted that employing remuneration chaired by the Rt. Hon. the authorities in the United Kingdom would Earl of Halsbury F.R.S. reported in June 1972. always retain the right to appoint only those It has specifically excluded any attempt to candidates whom they considered suitable. provide for inflation in advance and its recom¬ The other main question discussed by the mendations are to take effect from 1 April, Forum was the desirability of migrant health 1972. practitioners having to undergo a period of An increase of about seven and a half per adaptation in the host country. The issue was cent has been recommended for general the maintenance of professional standards. medical practitioners and most grades of staff The Royal College of General Practitioners in the hospital service. and several other organisations favoured a The members of the review body were period of adaptation which would include Alastair Down, O.B.E., M.C, T.D., Deputy linguistic, cultural and professional elements, Chairman of British Petroleum; Professor R. but the difficulty of formulating a precise H. Graveson, C.B.E., Q.C. Professor of Law, concept of adaptation was also appreciated by King's College, London; Ian W. McDonald the Forum, particularly by the representative Esq., Chairman of Lloyds and Scottish ofthe British Medical Association. Peter Chairman of Finance Ltd., Sir Menzies, It was agreed that a further meeting of the the Electricity Council; Professor Peter Moore, Forum would be held in the autumn at the Academic Dean, London Graduate School of College of General Practitioners. Business Studies; and Professor J. R. Sar- Royal geant, Head of the School of Economics, Warwick University. VOCATIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE OF LOCAL MEDICAL of the COMMITTEES The South-east England Faculty Royal College of General Practitioners is holding a The annual conference of local medical com¬ study day on 4 October, 1972 at the Post¬ mittees, at its meeting in June 1972, passed a graduate Centre, Kent and Sussex Hospital, resolution asking the General Medical Ser¬ Tunbridge Wells, to consider vocational train¬ vices Committee to "make strenuous efforts to ing. have sufficient schemes of vocational training The object is to draw lessons from the ex¬ for general practice introduced in order to of various schemes in the ensure a definite not later than periences training that, by date, area covered by the Faculty and to define 1977, vocational registration for general objectives for the future. It is expected that it practice can be implemented." will be organised consisting of trainers, trainees, clinical tutors and others to discuss HEALTH PROFESSIONS' FORUM different aspects of the subject. The course is A meeting of the Health Professions' Forum open to general practitioners, clinical tutors on the European Economic Community was and medical officers ofhealth. 538 MEDICAL NEWS Applications should be made to: Dr P. M. Higgins, M.R.C.G.P., The Department of Obituary General Practice, Guy's Hospital Medical WILLIAM HYWEL MORGAN School, London Bridge, SE1 9RT. J.P., M.R.C.G.P., L.S.A. OMBUDSMAN AND GENERAL It is with deep regret that we record the death of this Welsh doctor on 9 May, 1972. He was PRACTICE educated at Barry Grammar School and the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, An amendment was moved in parliament qualifying in 1941. when the National Health Service (Scotland) Bill was being considered. This would have After a term on the house at Cardiff Royal brought complaints against general practi- Infirmary and Haverfordwest, he enlisted in tioners within the scope of the Ombudsman. the R.A.M.C. in which he served for five The amendment was defeated by nine votes to years, reached the rank of Major, and was seven. appointed a D.A.D.M.S. After leaving the Forces, he served as an assistant in general practice at Splott, Cardiff. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND In 1948, he became a principal in a busy single-handed practice with a main surgery at ORGANISATION Whitchurch Road in the City. There he remained for the whole of his working life, Plymouth being overtaken by ill-health in 1969. In the A second course on practice management and following year his health improved and, organisation will be held in Plymouth on 14-15 helped by a colleague, who later became his October 1972. The last course was heavily partner, he resumed his professional duties. over-subscribed and applications should be He died after a short illness. made to: Medical Postgraduate Dean, Univer- As a first-rate family physician, Hywel had sity of Bristol Senate House, Bristol BS8 ITH many and varied interests. A senior ex-Army (see advertisement). medical officer he was, appropriately enough, appointed Civilian Medical Practitioner in Northern Ireland charge of the troops at Maindy Barracks, The first course to be organised on manage- Cardiff. For a short time H.M. Coroner for ment by the Northern Ireland Staff Council the East Glamorgan area of South Wales, he for general practitioners is being held on 2-6 was also, for many years, an able Chairman of October, 1972 for one week at Ballygally both the Ministry of National Insurance and Castle Hotel, Larne.