Garston Manor: an experiment in rehabilitation.

as alterations to the patient's home. While medical rehabilitation is primarily the responsibility of the hospital team, many other people may be involved-in particular, the patient's general practitioner and the staff of voluntary organizations, local authorities, and Ministry of Health limb-fitting and appliance centres. The object of industrial rehabilitation is to find jobs for disabled workers in open industry or in sheltered workshops, to assess the aptitude and skills of those who must be found alternative work, and to provide vocational training for those who must acquire new skills. The 1944 Disabled Persons (Employment) Act made industrial rehabilitation the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour, now known as the Department of Employment and Productivity. This department provides