Department Of Health For Scotland Research Articles

'Heading up a blind alley'? Scottish psychiatric hospitals in the era of deinstitutionalization.

This article examines Scottish provision of psychiatric care in the 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrates that institutional services did not rapidly disappear across the UK following the Ministry of Health's decision to shut down psychiatric hospitals in 1961, and highlights Scotland's distinctive trajectory. Furthermore, it contends that psychiatric hospitals developed new approaches to assist patients in this era, thereby contributing towards the transformation of post-war psychiatric practice. Connecting a discussion of policy with an analysis of provision, it examines the Department of Health for Scotland's cautious response to the Ministry's embrace of deinstitutionalization, before analysing Glasgow's psychiatric provision in the 1970s. At this point the city boasted virtually no community-based services, and relied heavily on its under-resourced and overburdened hospitals. Closer analysis dispels any impression of stagnation, revealing how ideologies of deinstitutionalization transformed institutional care.

Textbook of anæsthetics. By R. J. Minnitt, M.D. (Liverp.), D.A., Lecturer in Anæsthesia, University of Liverpool; etc.; and John Gillies, M.C., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), D.A., Consultant in Anæsthetist, Department of Health for Scotland; Anæsthetist, Professorial Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; etc. Sixth edition. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. Pp. 487 + viii, with 199 illustrations. 1944. Edinburgh: E. &

Textbook of anæsthetics. By R. J. Minnitt, M.D. (Liverp.), D.A., Lecturer in Anæsthesia, University of Liverpool; etc.; and John Gillies, M.C., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), D.A., Consultant in Anæsthetist, Department of Health for Scotland; Anæsthetist, Professorial Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; etc. Sixth edition. 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. Pp. 487 + viii, with 199 illustrations. 1944. Edinburgh: E. &

The life and teaching of Sir William Macewen. A Chapter in the History of Surgery. By A. K. Bowman, Regional Medical Officer to the Department of Health for Scotland. 9⅝ × 6 in. Pp. 425 + xii. 1942. London, Edinburgh, Glasgow: William Hodge & Co. Ltd. 21s. net

The life and teaching of Sir William Macewen. A Chapter in the History of Surgery. By A. K. Bowman, Regional Medical Officer to the Department of Health for Scotland. 9⅝ × 6 in. Pp. 425 + xii. 1942. London, Edinburgh, Glasgow: William Hodge & Co. Ltd. 21s. net

Chronic non-specific ulceration of cæcum

Journal Article Chronic non-specific ulceration of cæcum Get access A H Sangster A H Sangster Surgeon in Charge Department of Health for Scotland, Ballochmyle Hospital Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Surgery, Volume 36, Issue 143, January 1949, Pages 331–332, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18003614323 Published: 05 December 2005

'Threshold of a New Era': The Development of an Integrated Hospital System in Northeast Scotland, 1900-39

Regional integration of hospital services was widely discussed by policy‐makers in interwar Britain, although historians remain divided on the strength of the consensus in favour of planning. The aim of this article is to explore the forces at work in the comparatively early reorganization of services in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. This included the relocation of its medical school and main hospitals, the conversion of its poor law accommodation to a municipal hospital, and the joint agreements made with neighbouring authorities to provide public health services. In part these were expressions of the shared interest of the voluntary hospital leadership, public health officials, and the university, in the efficient harnessing of science to the demands of mass medicine. However, the ‘Aberdeen experiment’ also owed much to the ideas and assertiveness of three successive Medical Officers of Health. These men were closely associated with the Scottish Board of Health (later Department of Health for Scotland) and their work provides an insight into the development of distinctive Scottish health care arrangements prior to the establishment of the National Health Service.

The Origins of the Scottish Development Department, 1943-62

In April 1962 the Conservative Government announced the dissolution of the Scottish Home Department and the Department of Health for Scotland. In their place two new departments with different identities were established, the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Development Department. (Sec the Appendix for the SDD's administrative structure.) At the time the announcement evoked considerable all-party support and was generally welcomed in the press: James Hoy, one of the shadow Labour Scottish spokesmen, and the Labour Lord Provost of Glasgow were approached before the announcement (SRO, SOE 1/267). The Glasgow Herald (16 April 1962) thought the structure of the Scottish Office had become 'untidy' with many new functions allocated almost at random to the existing departments. The Scotsman (16 April 1962) hoped the changes would bring 'a new sense of purpose' into the direction of Scottish business. It was the first substantial alteration to Scottish administration since the 1939 Re-Organisation of Offices (Scotland) Act, which itself followed the recommendation of the official inquiry into Scottish Administration chaired by Sir John Gilmour. Most contemporary commentators attributed the 1962 re-organisation to the publication of the inquiry into the Scottish economy by the Scottish Council (Development and Industry), chaired by J.N. Toothill, the managing director of Fcrranti in Edinburgh, which had been published the previous November (SCDI 1961). Amongst a wide set of recommendations to 'stimulate growth', the inquiry urged the creation of a new Government department to combine the Scottish Secretary's statutory responsibilities for planning (then held within the Department of Health) with his non-statutory function to promote Scottish industry (then held within the Scottish Home Department). It commented: 'we do not think the present

POLICY‐MAKING AND THE SCOTTISH OFFICE: THE DESIGNATION OF CUMBERNAULD NEW TOWN

The role of the Scottish Office in policy‐making has been subject to a number of interpretations. It is difficult to regard it as having its own reserved policy spheres but it is clear that in certain circumstances it has the ability to forge its own policy lines. In the 1950s, in contradiction to the stated policy of the then Conservative Government. the Scottish Office was able to secure the designation of a new town at Cumbernauld. The main impetus for this policy came from the civil servants in the Department of Health for Scotland, seeking to preserve the philosophy of the 1946 Clyde Valley Plan. The case study throws considerable light on the bargaining process within government, the role of the secretary of state as spokesman for Scottish interests and the way in which the Scottish Office can gain Cabinet approval for its proposals.

The attitudes of west midland mothers to water fluoridation

As LONG ago as 1952 a mission was sent by the British Government, on the recommendation of the Medical Research Council, to the United States of America and Canada in order to study the results of the water fluoridation programme which had been in operation since 1945. The report of the mission (Ministry of Health, Department of Health for Scotland, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1953) gave details of the benefits of the adjustment of fluoride in the water to a concentration of I ppm and stated that they could find no scientific evidence of any danger to health from the prolonged consumption of water containing fluoride in low concentration. They recommended the setting up of fluoridation studies in some selected communities in Britain before its general adoption was considered. In November, 1955, the first of the study areas, namely one half of Anglesey, began to receive a fluoridated domestic water supply. Over the next eleven years, two Government reports were published on the results of these studies (Ministry of Health, Scottish Office, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1962; Department of Health and Social Security, Scottish Office, Welsh Office, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1969). Now more than three million people in Britain are drinking fluoridated water (Fluoridation Society, 1972), the largest single area being in Birmingham, where studies into the effects of fluoridation on the prevalence of dental caries have been conducted by H~,stilow (1970) and Beal & James (1971). In spite of support given by such bodies as the World Health Organization, British Dental Association, British Medical Association and by successive Ministers of Health and Secretaries of State, the decision on whether to fluoridate the water supplies still rests with the Local Authority. The elected members of Local Authorities, however, are often influenced by pressure groups such as The National Pure Water Association and often they do nol have the technical knowledge to refute the arguments of misguided enthusiasts. It is hardly surpfis!ng, therefore, that in some places discussions have been determined by local politics and personalities rather than by reasoned consideration of the evidence. It is regrettable, therefore, that comparatively little is known about the attitudes of the public to the subject.

2S47. Health and Welfare Services. Report of the Department of Health for Scotland, 1960. Part I, presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Scotland by Command of Her Majesty

2S47. Health and Welfare Services. Report of the Department of Health for Scotland, 1960. Part I, presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Scotland by Command of Her Majesty

The Dispersal of Population from Congested Urban Centres in Scotland

Public AdministrationVolume 34, Issue 2 p. 125-134 The Dispersal of Population from Congested Urban Centres in Scotland H. R. Smith C. B., H. R. Smith C. B. This talk was given to the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Group of the Institute on 12th January, 1956. Mr. Smith died on yd February at the age of 49. He was then Secretary of the Department of Health for Scotland. In an appreciation published in “The Scotsman” on the following day Sir David Milne, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, wrote that the death of Harold Smith “is indeed a tragic blow to Scottish administration for his abilities were outstanding and he had much yet to give to the Scottish service.”Search for more papers by this author H. R. Smith C. B., H. R. Smith C. B. This talk was given to the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Group of the Institute on 12th January, 1956. Mr. Smith died on yd February at the age of 49. He was then Secretary of the Department of Health for Scotland. In an appreciation published in “The Scotsman” on the following day Sir David Milne, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, wrote that the death of Harold Smith “is indeed a tragic blow to Scottish administration for his abilities were outstanding and he had much yet to give to the Scottish service.”Search for more papers by this author First published: June 1956 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1956.tb01481.xCitations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume34, Issue2June 1956Pages 125-134 RelatedInformation

Book Reviews: SURGERY & OPTHALMOLOGY

Book Reviews: SURGERY & OPTHALMOLOGY Report of the Working Party on the Average Time Taken to Test Sight by Ophthalmic Opticians and the Average Time Taken by Ophthalmic Opticians and by Dispensing Opticians in Fitting and Supplying Glasses under the Supplementary Ophthalmic Services of the National Health Service in England, Wales and Scotland Ministry of Health, Department of Health for Scotland. London : His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1950 . 38 pages. 24 × 15 cm. 1s. 3d. [£0.0625] A. Lister A. Lister Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar British Medical Bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1951, Page 355, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a073973 Published: 01 April 1951

Book Reviews: SURGERY & OPTHALMOLOGY

Book Reviews: SURGERY & OPTHALMOLOGY Get access Report of the Working Party on the Average Time Taken to Test Sight by Ophthalmic Opticians and the Average Time Taken by Ophthalmic Opticians and by Dispensing Opticians in Fitting and Supplying Glasses under the Supplementary Ophthalmic Services of the National Health Service in England, Wales and Scotland Ministry of Health, Department of Health for Scotland. London : His Majesty's Stationery Office , 1950 . 38 pages. 24 × 15 cm. 1s. 3d. [£0.0625] A. Lister A. Lister Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar British Medical Bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1951, Page 355, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a073973 Published: 01 April 1951

NURSING

Journal Article NURSING Get access Report of the Working Party on the Recruitment and Training of NursesMinistry of Health, Department of Health for Scotland & Ministry of Labour and National Service. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1947. v + 122 Pages. 24 × 15 cm. 2s. 6d. [£0.125] British Medical Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 1-2, 1949, Page 104, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a073410 Published: 01 January 1949

TEXT-BOOK OF ANAESTHETICS. By R. J. MINNITT, M.D. (Liverpool), D.A. (R.C.P. & S., Eng.), Senior Honorary Anaesthetist, Royal Liverpool United Hospital, Liverpool Maternity Hospital, and Birkenhead Maternity Hospital; Director of Anaesthetics, David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool, and John Gillies, M.C., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.A. (Eng.), J. Y. Simpson Lecturer in Anaesthetics, The University of Edinburgh; Director, Department of

TEXT-BOOK OF ANAESTHETICS. By R. J. MINNITT, M.D. (Liverpool), D.A. (R.C.P. &amp; S., Eng.), Senior Honorary Anaesthetist, Royal Liverpool United Hospital, Liverpool Maternity Hospital, and Birkenhead Maternity Hospital; Director of Anaesthetics, David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool, and John Gillies, <i>M.C.,</i> M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.A. (Eng.), J. Y. Simpson Lecturer in Anaesthetics, The University of Edinburgh; Director, Department of

Dietaries in Maternity Hospitals

Several comprehensive studies of hospital feeding have been planned to show as precisely as possible the nutritive value of representative diets provided in hospitals for patients and staff. The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Department of Health for Scotland has been carefully examining the problem of hospital diets and has made surveys and will publish a report in due course. The purpose of this survey, which was carried out under the aegis of the SubCommittee on Nutrition of the Department of Health for Scotland, was to determine the nutritive value of diets provided to nursing mothers while in hospital. Fifteen hospitals were visited during the period February to August 1945; 8 were voluntary hospitals, and, of these, 2 were solely maternity hospitals; 5 were local authority hospitals, and, of these, 4 formed parts of general hospitals; and 2 were E.M.S. hospitals, both of these dealing only with maternity cases. Except for the north-west area of Scotland, the hospitals, urban and rural, were representative of the maternity hospital service in Scotland. The kitchens were of various sizes, the smallest catering for some 60 persons (staff and patients), the largest for 2,000. The results of the surveys show that there was no correlation between the dietary standard and the type of hospital, its size and location or the season of the year when the survey was made.

Presidential Address, by SIR ANDREW DAVIDSON, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E., K.H.P. (Fellow), Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health for Scotland

Presidential Address, by SIR ANDREW DAVIDSON, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E., K.H.P. (Fellow), Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health for Scotland

HEALTH AND HISTORY By DouglasGuthrie. Reprinted from the Health Bulletin issued by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health for Scotland. 1946. Pp. 11. Price 6d.

International Journal of Clinical PracticeVolume 1, Issue 1 p. 18-18 Book Review HEALTH AND HISTORY By Douglas Guthrie. Reprinted from the Health Bulletin issued by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health for Scotland. 1946. Pp. 11. Price 6d. First published: 01 January 1947 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.1947.tb00026.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume1, Issue1January 1947Pages 18-18 RelatedInformation

National Maps of Britain

A CIRCULAR from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning directs attention to a new series of maps of Great Britain constructed to illustrate various aspects of national life and resources. The scheme is a development of the idea of a National Atlas originally prepared by a committee of the British Association in 1939 and is now under the guidance of both the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and the Department of Health for Scotland. The maps are being published by the Ordnance Survey. All maps are to be on a scale of 1:625,000, or about ten miles to an inch, and all will bear the new national grid. Each map will be in two sheets, covering respectively (1) Scotland and the northern part of England and (2) the remainder of England and Wales. Those sheets already published are the base map, land utilization, administrative areas, topography, population density in 1931, types of farming and land classification. Several of these are new compilations. Shortly to be ready are sheets showing population of urban areas in 1938, roads, coal and iron resources, and iron and steel production. Others in hand include a physical map, with accepted terminology of physical features, grasslands of England and Wales, geology, electricity supply, gas, railways, population changes, various economic maps, and seaports. The price of the published sheets is generally five shillings.

Post-War Bread in Britain

THE Ministry of Food, in collaboration with the Health and other Departments interested, has arranged a conference with the industrial and trade organizations principally concerned with post-war bread. It is hoped that the discussions of the conference will assist the Departments in advising Ministers on post-war flour and bread policy and in particular on any regulations which may have to be made after war-time control ends. The milling and baking industries, the flour importing trade and the co-operative movement have been asked to nominate representatives to the conference; invitations will be addressed to other interests later as may be necessary. The conference will be attended by the Lord Horder (personal adviser to the Minister of Food on medical aspects of food problems), Sir Jack Drummond (scientific adviser to the Ministry of Food), Sir Wilson Jameson (chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health), Dr. Andrew Davidson (chief medical officer for the Department of Health for Scotland) and Sir Edward Mellanby (secretary of the Medical Research Council). In addition, there will be present administrative officers representing the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Health. Sir Henry French, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Food, will be the chairman of the conference.

British Food Journal Volume 47 Issue 2 1945

The Department of Health for Scotland, in a communication relating to the report of the Sub‐Committee appointed by the Scientific Advisory Committee to investigate the use of the Freezing Point (Hortvet) Test as a means of detecting added water in milk, observes this test is capable of furnishing conclusive evidence regarding the presence or absence of added water. While the Hortvet Test is of undoubted assistance to Local Authorities when considering the institution of proceedings in a particular case, its use should also tend to protect the seller of milk in border‐line cases where the milk may be found to be deficient in non‐fatty solids but actually to contain no added water. It is pointed out in the communication that the Secretary of State is aware that certain Public Analysts are already applying the test to milk samples found to contain less than 8·5 per cent. of solids not fat, and that the results to an increasing extent are being produced in Court in the case of legal proceedings. Under Section 28 of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, the production of a certificate of a Public Analyst in the form prescribed by the Act is sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein unless it is desired by one of the parties that the Public Analyst be called as a witness. Where reliance is to be placed on the result of a Hortvet Test, however, it is desirable for the Public Analyst to give evidence in person, since the statutory certificate has no direct applicability with respect to this test. What the Public Analyst finds as the result of the test may nevertheless form part of the grounds on which he places his statutory declaration that a particular sample of milk contains added water. In such a case the ability to lead evidence to that effect may have an important bearing on the outcome of the proceedings.