Staffing the Hospitals : An Urgent National Need
1945 1945 1940s 20 pages 14 other equipment which are not essential and cause unnecessary labour, e.g. brass taps and door handles which require polishing. It is realised that it may not in all cases be possible to relieve nurses entirely of domestic duties until adequate domestic staff can be obta...
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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.
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14 other equipment which are not essential and cause unnecessary labour, e.g. brass taps and door handles which require polishing. It is realised that it may not in all cases be possible to relieve nurses entirely of domestic duties until adequate domestic staff can be obtained. 16. Living out. — State Registered nurses, other trained staff and enrolled assistant nurses who so desire, should be readily permitted to live out. This arrangement may not only be welcomed by many nurses but may assist the hospital authorities by freeing accommodation for other purposes. 17. Married nurses. — In view of the shortage of hospital staffs generally there should be no bar on the employment of married women nurses, including those who desire to live out, provided they can give the service required by the hospital. Married student nurses should also be allowed to continue their training where they so desire and are able to meet the reasonable requirements of the hospital. 18. Part-time nurses. — Hospital authorities should be prepared to employ, under appropriate conditions, nurses who are able to give only part-time to the work, so long as the shortage of nurses persists. APPENDIX II CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HOSPITAL DOMESTIC STAFFS Note. — This statement applies to all types of hospital including mental hospitals, maternity hospitals, public assistance institutions, sanatoria, etc., and to all domestic staff, male and female. The conditions of service set out below represent a reasonable minimum* which should be aimed at in all hospitals and similar institutions. In many hospitals at the present time these conditions are substantially observed ; in many others their full observance is prevented only by lack of staff or adequate accommodation for staff. It is, moreover, recognised that some of the desirable conditions cannot be put into effect everywhere until new building work can be undertaken and supplies of essential equipment obtained, and that the vital importance of housing must inevitably seriously restrict the amount of building labour and materials available for other reconstruction work. It should be the aim of every hospital authority to institute immediately, or as soon as may be, such of these conditions as are attainable in present circumstances and are not already in force. Those which are not yet attainable should be brought into operation as soon as circumstances allow, and in making their plans for the future, hospital authorities should keep these objects constantly in view. 1. General Conditions. — It is regarded as of first importance that there should be a recognised negotiating body for the regulation of wages and conditions of employment. For this purpose there has now been established for England and Wales a National Joint Council representative of organisations of employees and of employing bodies in the hospital services. The function of the National Joint Council will be to formulate agreed terms of employment for domestic and such other non-nursing staff as may be agreed. By meeting regularly it will keep wages and conditions under review. Consideration is being given to the establishment of similar negotiating machinery for Scotland. * The use of the word "minimum" in this context does not, of course, mean that the appropriate negotiating bodies are precluded from making recommendations which are to be of standard application, should they so decide
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