L.T.E. Completes Medical Scheme
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WITH. the official opening by Mr. VV John Cliff, deputy chairman of the London Transport Executive, and Lord Horder, consulting medical adviser, of the south-west division medical centre at the Chiswick works of L.T.E., last week, the Executive's long-term development of its medical services has been completed. The first medical centre was opened at Manor House three years ago, said Mr. Cliff,. and this fourth centre made available an efficient, friendly medical service to all the Executive's staff. The new centre, which has been erected above the Chiswick training school, comprises a comfortable waiting room, sound-proofed consulting rooms for the two staff doctors, an X-ray unit, a central records office and a sight-testing room. There is a staff of eight, including the two doctors, for the 22,000 employees in the south-west division. Describing the aims of the service,' Mr. Cliff said that the scheme for decentralizing the growing medical services of the L.T.E. had been evolved in the belief that this would result in the doctors being placed in close contact with the staff. It would also keep them in touch with working conditions and environment. The medical officers' advice and understanding had been of great value in finding alternative employment for disabled employees. In the past 15 years, 6,000 members of the staff had been found other work.