The
Kidderminster Medical Society website has been on line since 1998. Prior
to that, 1990 – 2000, Graeme Wilcox and Barrie Davies produced a paper
newsletter which was distributed to members. As time has gone by the
content of the website has changed enormously and in line with the
dramatic and far reaching changes in the National Health Service both
locally and nationally.
Similarly, website development has gone far from the production of
simple information pages to interactive media concepts which we could
never have imagined 20 years ago. As far as this website is concerned,
it started off using simple Microsoft Front Page website development –
not so any more !
Recently with the introduction of Windows 11 Front Page became
redundant and for a period of time there were serious doubts that the
website could carry on. However and despite the limited learning
capacity of an 80 year old brain a new website development program has
been used to produce this version.
The layout of the website has changed considerably, particularly
regarding the reports received from bursary recipients. The reports will
now be categorised on the date received and the names of the individuals
concerned. Similarly, the photgraphs received with the reports will be
restricted to the past 5 years - this is because of the limitation of
web size we have available. However, all reports, photographs, editions
and even copies of the original paper newsletter are held in archive and
are available to anyone on request
In the
Spring / Summer of 2024, efforts were made to update the members mailing
lists and we were surprised to find that, despite local health service
structural changes, membership has remained steady with both retired and
active hospital and general practice members. Efforts will be made to
keep the list updated but please remember that it is as much up to
members as society officials to keep the circulation list as accurate as
possible (?? changed your email address ??). Similarly, the website
distribution is not restricted to members and it is an open access
website so if you are aware of any one who may be interested in being
notified about the website please go to the contact page. The popularity
of the site and its open accessibility has, over the past few months,
resulted in numerous contacts asking for information about Kidderminster
healthcare past and present.
Notification of new website updates will be
sent to members as they become available – particularly as new bursary
reports are received.. However, if there is anything you wish to include
on the site, including news, comment and opinion (within reason !!) you
are more than welcome to get in touch through the contact page.
Barrie Davies