Conference re Blood Donor Panels (report)
1944 1944 1940s 3 pages - 2 - (e) Regional or County Committees, to be formed as required throughout the country, similar in composition to the Council. The subsequent discussions [were] centred around the suggestion made by the Chairman, and also those contained in this formula, and it was notice...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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- 2 - (e) Regional or County Committees, to be formed as required throughout the country, similar in composition to the Council. The subsequent discussions [were] centred around the suggestion made by the Chairman, and also those contained in this formula, and it was noticeable that the Representatives of the various Voluntary Organisations, such as the Blood Donors Committee, the British Red Cross, Rangers, Rover Scouts, St. John Organisation, and others were in favour of the setting up of a Central Committee or Council. There was much divergence of opinion, as to whether this Committee or Council should be convened by the Voluntary Organisations, or by the Ministry of Health. I took the opportunity of indicating what I felt would be the views of the General Council on this subject, and later found it necessary to press this point of view owing to the veiled opposition that appeared to be present in certain quarters. Briefly I expressed the view that the Blood Donors Service, which at present was available during the war period, would become equally available in post-war conditions, and without desiring to criticise the efforts of the Voluntary Organisations, I felt that with the advent of the National Medical Service, [that the principle of] blood donation should be allied to such Service, and, therefore, the Ministry of Health should take the responsibility for convening the Central Committee or Council under which ever designation it may ultimately materialise. This was eventually agreed, and steps are to [will] be taken by the Department in accordance therewith. The question of the formation of the Committee or Council was then debated, and after a somewhat lengthy discussion it was agreed that membership of the Committee or Council should consist of Representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Trades Union Congress, the Employer's Organisations, Blood Donors, and the Voluntary Organisations, who had been organising these Panels during the war period. It will be seen from the above that representation will, therefore, be very wide in character.
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