The History And Evolutionary Of Great Brook Valley

The Great Brook Valley was found in 1972 by women who were inquiring for better health care for their children. The women lived in public houses in Worcester, but still could rely on hospital emergency room for care. Despite the fact that the those women did not have an access to the regular and preventive care services for their children they did not give up of seeking for better access for the healthcare. The history of the Great Brook Valley started when the seven women founded a corporation so as to obtain a great space from the Housing Authority in Worcester. The women therefore went as far as negotiation for the nurse practitioner who can come to the Valley to help them out. Luckily enough, the Health Center managed to grow meeting an increasing demand for the medical care from different residents of neighborhood as well as from cities of the Worcester. When the time of needs were identified, the Company hired many staffs while obtaining funding to better serve the whole population within the nearby town, the Massachusetts. The newer facilities such as public housing complex located across the Great Brook Valley streets were afterward built to serve the patients from 100 communities in West Massachusetts (Gray, 1949).

The community responses were very positive, and appreciated the women efforts in addressing the lack of access to health care for individuals and the families. A very interesting history for the Great Brook Valley was in 2004 when the company was asked to prepare itself an application to be issued to the federal Department of health Service so as to open a health centre for the community in the centre of Framingham. Luckily, the application got funded and the Framingham Community Health Center (FCHC) and it opened its doors to the street in Framingham the same year. This was a privilege to the Great Brook Valley and without wasting a lot of time, the FCHC managed to start a storefront facility with only four rooms. And within less than three years, the need for health services by the community outgrew the small space that was available making the FCHC to add two additional storefronts (Gray, 1949). In the year 2006, one site was opened for the medical services while the other different site was opened for dental in the year 2007.

How great brook valley evolved

There were major milestones that the health centre passed through to get to the level it is. In 1972 Kennedy CHC is founded in the housing project located in GVB. There was the opening of the dental department in 1978 that would take care of dental problems of the people the health centre serves. The health centre expanded in 1992 and a new facility was opened across the street at 19 Tacoma Street. In 1995 there was opening of the first school based health centre that would offer training to nurses and doctors who would eventually be incorporated into the health centre to work there (Kennedy, 2012). In 1997 a pharmacy was build within the health centre this made the health centre the first to have a pharmacy on-site. A dental lab was also opened in 2001 which would be part of the previously set up dental department. This health centre became the first to have an onsite dental lab. Great valley brook continued to expand into new areas and a second medical site was opened in 2006 in Framingham. In 2010 the health centre was named after Edward M. Kennedy who was the late senator. During the same year there were renovations made to the new site that had been opened (Kennedy, 2012).

Local politics of great brook valley

There is no single institution that fails to be marred with local politics within the institution. Great brook valley is not an exception. There are various local politics within the health centre this include procurement of equipment. The local stake holders within the health centre are the people that run the institution. Any disagreements between them will adversely affect the health centre. They can disagree on the purchase of equipment when it comes to the budgetary allocations. This means that the health centre might lack vital equipment or upgrading of equipment. Local politics within the health centre can lead to little or no allocation of resources to the institution. There are funds that are set aside by the government towards such organizations and if the local leaders are corrupt or misappropriate the funds then the health centre will miss out. This will lead to poor service provision to local residents as some of the funds that they are to use to run in the health centre are not availed to them. Local politics can also lead to loss of morale by the workers in the health centre. This will translate to poor services to the people.

References

Gray, J. C. (1949). The development of Great Brook Valley Worcester, Massachusetts. London: Samuel Glasser Associates.

Benard, J. (20099). The evolutionery of Great Brook Valley Worcester, Massachusetts. London: Samuel Associates.

Kennedy, E. (2012). Community Health Centre. Community Health Centre. Retrieved March 11, 2013, from www.kennedychc.org/about-us/history

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