Draft Evidence by the Nursing Advisory Committee of the Trades Union Congress on nursing conditions & recruitment
1938-03-02 1938 1930s 9 pages - 5 - required for nurses to leave the hospital during off duty periods and that there should be no restriction in "late passes". In our opinion the lack of facilities for enjoying reasonable social activities strongly militates against recruitment. 1...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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2 March 1938
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| Summary: | 1938-03-02
1938
1930s
9 pages
- 5 - required for nurses to leave the hospital during off duty periods and that there should be no restriction in "late passes". In our opinion the lack of facilities for enjoying reasonable social activities strongly militates against recruitment. 18. Congress proposes to meet this position of affairs by the institution of Whitley Council Machinery. This Machinery which is well-known and has been experienced with other professional and administrative workers, gives the representatives of the nursing staffs a voice in the issue and amendment of hospital regulations, and also gives them some share in the management of their own hospital. The suggested Constitution for a Whitley Council is appended to this report. Holidays, etc. 19. Another aspect of this extraordinary interference with social life is instanced by the numerous complaints we have received regarding the cancellation of free days and even annual holidays at extraordinarily short notice. It has been pointed out also that a nurse may be forced to take her annual leave at 2 or 3 day's notice, and she is thus quite unable to make the necessary arrangements to spend the holiday with her friends in the same way as other professional women. This is a matter which we consider should be remedied. 20. Another point in connection with annual leave which has been brought to our notice is that a number of hospitals do not pay board allowance whilst on leave, although the value of these emoluments are always quoted when arguing about salary scales. As these emoluments are a recognised part of a nurse's remuneration, their value should be paid to her during the time that she is away from the hospital on either annual leave or sick leave. Lectures in Off Duty hours. 21. We think it thoroughly detrimental to the health of nurses that they should be required to take lectures for examination purposes after long spells of day or night duty. We note with interest that University College Hospital, London, is operating what they call a "block" system, in which nurses are withdrawn from the wards from time to time for periods of study during their training, and we hope that this practice will become universal. Limited Prospects of Advancement. 22. We strongly advocate the institution of state-subsidised scholarships for suitable nurses for free training in Midwifery, Massage, Dietetics, Health Visiting, Sister Tutoring, Bacteriology, Public Health, Gynaecology, etc. These scholarships which should be open to State Registered Nurses should be sufficiently numerous to ensure that the higher ranks of the profession are adequately manned, and that qualified nurses would feel that other avenues, besides waiting for seniority advances, are open if they care to take advantage of them. Extension of these scholarships to advanced courses with appropriate diplomas would make them still more attractive.
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