WAITING ROOMS OF DOCTORS
B.M.A. To Make Survey (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 4. The General Medical Services Committee of the British Medical Association, after comments in Parliament and the press, has asked 138 local medical committees in England fend Wales to survey the waiting rooms and surgeries of 20,000 doctors practising in their districts. The ,B.M.A. has undertaken to fine or even expel from service any practitioner who refuses to improve poor accommodation or equipment. Dr. Talbot Rogers, chairman of the committee, says waiting rooms have brought the most complaints. Cleanliness and comfort are the main points. There should be running water, n washbasin, soap and towels provided in a consulting room. There should be a separate examination room or a screened-off couch and a waiting room with enough chairs to seat in reasonable comfort all those who need to wait, and a bright, pleasant, well-lit, well-cleaned room, warm and ventilated, he says.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27472, 5 October 1954, Page 13
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