The Case for a Revision of the Rate of Contributions (memorandum)
1939-07 1939 1930s 8 pages - 4 - 8. Final The Merseyside Hospitals Council now has an organisation catering for 320,000 wage-earners and their dependants, and a large staff of paid workers looking to it for their livelihood. It has built up a well-founded, solid and completely self-governing health...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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July 1939
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| Summary: | 1939-07
1939
1930s
8 pages
- 4 - 8. Final The Merseyside Hospitals Council now has an organisation catering for 320,000 wage-earners and their dependants, and a large staff of paid workers looking to it for their livelihood. It has built up a well-founded, solid and completely self-governing health service for the wage-earners. After an initial false start it finally came into being solely as the result of a deliberate decision of policy on the part of Organised Labour, taken with full cognisance of its own preference in principle for municipalised service. All that is asked is that the Council and its contributors should approach the problem of the Hospitals in the same public spirit as they did in 1927; and, if they are satisfied that more money is fairly needed, to fulfil now the understanding of the original Drafting Committee by putting into force the full formula of a Penny in the Pound and part of a Pound. 1st July, 1939. The foregoing case was prepared 18 months ago. Later information is now available and it may be helpful if such information is added for consideration. o Paragraph 2. Comparison with other Schemes. Schedule "A" has been revised to 30th June, 1939; and is attached hereto. X Paragraph 4. Do the Voluntary Hospitals need more money? The total deficits of the associated voluntary hospitals in 1936 was £37,000, by 1937 the deficit had increased to £43,000 and a summary of the hospitals' draft accounts for 1938 showed a further increase to £49,000. a) Is the deficit due to inefficient working? An analysis of the cost per week of leading provincial general hospitals for 1937 shows that the Merseyside hospitals still compare favourably with other hospitals, viz:- 1937 Cost per week £. s. d. Sheffield Royal Hospital 2. 14 4 Sheffield Royal Infirmary 2. 16. 11½d Liverpool Stanley Hospital 2. 15. 2 David Lewis Northern Hospital 2. 18. 7½ Liverpool Royal Infirmary 2. 18. 7 Royal Southern Hospital 2. 18. 9½ Cardiff Royal Infirmary 3. 6. 6 Bristol General Hospital 3. 6. 11 Bristol Royal Infirmary 3. 1. 10 Cambridge - Addenbrooke's Hospital 3. 3. 6 Leeds General Infirmary 3. 6. 6 Oxford - Radcliffe Infirmary 3. 6. 2 Birmingham General Hospital 3. 9. 6 Birmingham Queens Hospital 3. 6. 11 Manchester Royal Infirmary 4. 3. 5 (See Over)
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