Staffing the Hospitals : An Urgent National Need
1945 1945 1940s 20 pages 11 3. Superannuation. — Adequate pensions on retirement should be provided for all nurses. Full advantage should be taken of existing superannuation schemes by any hospital authorities which do not already participate in them. Proposals for the improvement of exis...
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London : Published for the Minister of health, the Secrerary of State for Scotland and the Minister of labour and national service by H.M.S.O.
1945
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11 3. Superannuation. — Adequate pensions on retirement should be provided for all nurses. Full advantage should be taken of existing superannuation schemes by any hospital authorities which do not already participate in them. Proposals for the improvement of existing schemes and for securing interchangeability of superannuation rights, which would require legislation are under consideration. 4. Hours of Duty. — The objective for all hospital nurses is a 96-hour fortnight whether on day duty or night duty — the standard which was recommended by the Athlone and Alness Committees and on which the Nurses and Midwives Salaries Committees based their salary recommendations. The hours of duty should, in the case of student nurses, pupil assistant nurses and pupil mid-wives, include the time spent on lectures and tutorial classes. The present acute shortage of staff and also of accommodation (which in some cases might preclude an increase of staff in a hospital, even were more nurses available) makes it impossible always to arrange a 96-hour fortnight at the present time. It is the intention of the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland, in accordance with the recommendations of the Nurses Sataries Committees, to fix a date on which the 96-hour fortnight should come into universal operation for hospital nurses, as soon as circumstances permit. 5. Off-duty. — All nurses should have at least one complete day off each week and the arrangements should provide for periodic weekend leave of absence. Off-duty hours on other days should be continuous and should be planned well in advance so that nurses can arrange in good time to make full use of these hours. A regular rota covering a period of at least one month and if possible three months should be provided and should not be interfered with except in an emergency, in which case the circumstances should be fully explained to the nurses. State Registered Nurses, other trained staff and enrolled assistant nurses who go out in the evening after duty should not be required to return by a specified time, but may reasonably be required to notify their intention of returning late by entry in a book kept for that purpose. Arrangements as regards late passes for other nurses, such as student nurses and pupil assistant nurses who have examinations to study for, should be reasonable and conform to modern standards such as those applicable in training colleges and other institutions where girls of the same ages live and study. Nurses engaged on night duty should be given a break in the middle of the night for rest and refreshment. 6. Holidays. — The annual leave of nurses should, in accordance with the recommendations of the Nurses and Midwives Salaries Committees for England and Wales and for Scotland, be four weeks' paid leave each year, exclusive of any period of sick leave, and nurses should be free by arrangement with their employing authority to take the annual holidays in one or more parts. At least two weeks should be given consecutively. A rota of annual holidays should be prepared well in advance to facilitate the making of holiday arrangements and these arrangements should not be disturbed except in a serious emergency. 7. Health. — The sick leave arrangements for nurses and midwives should be in accordance with the recommendations of the Nurses and Midwives Salaries Committees for England and Wales and for Scotland respectively. All hospitals should have a definite scheme of health supervision for nurses for which a senior physician should be responsible. The following may be taken as an outline:— (a) All nurses should have a medical examination on admission and further examinations (either six-monthly or annually) as may be necessary. In the case of nurses engaged on infectious diseases (including tuberculosis) work, the six-monthly examinations should be accompanied by the appropriate tests. (b) Full and confidential records should be kept of the findings of the periodical medical examinations and of any illnesses or injuries, with treatment and results.
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