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State Health Department officials "feel their people are a little overworked here in inadequate facilities,” administrative assistant John McCarthy told the supervisors last week, reporting on his recent meeting with Charles Shepherd, regional supervisor of sanitarians.
Until the summer of 1984, sanitarian Jack Lockhart was assigned full time to Rappahannock. But since then, he’s split his hours, with 85 percent spent here and 15 percent in Culpeper. The Health Department wants him full time again in Rappahannock, according to Mr. McCarthy, who added that the additional service will be reflected in this year’s budget. (The Rappahannock Health Department is funded 31 percent by the county and 69 percent by the state, so 31 percent of the cost of the additional six hours would be added to the county’s share.)
Mr. McCarthy also relayed the Health Department’s contention that increased use of office services has increased space needs. According to health officials, the line of patients waiting for appointments with the health nurse often extends outside the building. The department is looking for additional room and wants the county to help with the search, Mr. McCarthy said.
In addition, the Health Department maintains that the nominal fees set in Rappahannock for a broad range of services related to subdivision development and real estate transfers are well below those in neighboring jurisdictions and do not cover the expense of providing those services, according to Mr. McCarthy.
He advised the board that a report on those costs and recommendations for fees will be presented
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