Health and Social Services
The appraisal enabled us to gauge the use of Health and Social Services available to our community, and then to assess whether there is a need and/or support for a Community care scheme in our village.
In general respondents were pleased with the service provided, as detailed below.
| Good | Reasonable | Poor | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Doctor | 107 | 70% | 41 | 27% | 5 | 3% |
| District Nurse | 14 | 74% | 4 | 21% | 1 | 5% |
| Health Visitor | 6 | 38% | 8 | 50% | 2 | 13% |
| Mental Health | 2 | 67% | 1 | 33% | ||
| Ambulance | 28 | 74% | 5 | 13% | 5 | 13% |
| Hospital Transport | 10 | 91% | 1 | 9% | ||
| Maternity Care | 4 | 67% | 2 | 33% | ||
| Chiropody | 4 | 27% | 3 | 20% | 8 | 53% |
| Loan of Med. Equip. | 10 | 77% | 1 | 8% | 2 | 15% |
| Other Med. Facility | 1 | 100% | ||||
| Home Help | 3 | 50% | 3 | 50% | ||
| Care Manager | 3 | 100% | ||||
| Meals on Wheels | 4 | 80% | 1 | 20% | ||
Day Care | 3 | 75% | 1 | 20% | ||
The problems of getting to services, shown below, were less than expected. Most households appear to have access to cars. However 68 people do have difficulty from time to time. The dentist posed the largest problem, 39 people, perhaps because no NHS service was available locally. This has recently been remedied by a new practice opening in Tavistock.
| Often | Occasionally | Never | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Mental Health | 2 | 100% | ||||
| Family Planning | 1 | 17% | 5 | 83% | ||
| Counselling | 6 | 100% | ||||
| Social Services | 10 | 100% | ||||
| Hospital | 7 | 7% | 16 | 15% | 84 | 79% |
| Doctor | 6 | 5% | 20 | 15% | 106 | 80% |
| Chemist | 6 | 5% | 12 | 10% | 107 | 86% |
| Chiropodist | 1 | 6% | 3 | 18% | 13 | 76% |
| Optician | 6 | 7% | 11 | 13% | 70 | 80% |
| NHS Dentist | 39 | 39% | 13 | 13% | 49 | 49% |
| Private Dentist | 3 | 7% | 2 | 5% | 38 | 88% |
| Other Facility | 15 | 100% | ||||