The Medical Officer holds clinics 6 days a week and a doctor is on call 24 hours per day. Our doctor also regularly consults in each House as well as in the Health Centre. Given the very vulnerable and poor condition of many woman here, our response to illness is necessarily prompt and professional. I am entirely satisfied that medical and nursing treatment is readily available and of the highest standard. Your reference to the attention given to those women with addiction problems is as I would expect for that group shares the most complex and acute medical and psychological problems.
Regular medication is crucial to their stability.
As for the dentist, emergency cases i.e. acute dental pain are routinely given priority and until an emergency appointment is available, pain relief is given. This reflects normal practice in the community. As to vitamin supplements, there is much debate in the healthcare world about whether supplements are necessary when a balanced diet is consumed. Our menus ensure a nutritional balance and therefore, arguably, extra vitamin supplementation for normally healthy people should not be necessary. Vitamin deficiency would be addressed by medical staff.