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Chapter 8
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POLYCLINICSS AND CLINICS
8.1
The number of consulting rooms required in Government
clinics can also be established by use of a formula based on much
the same principles as those which apply in the case of the assessment
of the need for hospital beds. The Committee determined first the
number of doctor-sessions they expected to be required by 1982.
This then enabled the Committee to propose the number of consulting
rooms they considered to be required in Government clinics on a
colony-wide basis. On the basis of such calculations the Committee
recommended that a total of 305 consulting rooms should be provided
by 1982.
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8.2
This figure however does not give a complete picture of
Some specialties such
the clinic facilities that will be required.
as rehabilitation do not lend themselves so readily to calculation
in this way.
The requirement for general specialties is not taken
into account at all in the calculation; in terms of doctor sessions
demand, the MDAC calculated this to represent about one-third of total
demand. The MDAC also stated that in this field generalised standards
were unsatisfactory and stressed the importance of geographical location
and of ensuring the availability of clinics in line with population
growth in particular areas. The calculation also assumes that the
proportion of patients attending clinics run by assisted hospitals and
private practitioners would continue to be the same as it is now;
this is an assumption which will require closer examination in the
light of the actual rates at which these kinds of clinics become
available in the newly developing areas.
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