Draft Evidence by the Nursing Advisory Committee of the Trades Union Congress on nursing conditions & recruitment
1938-03-02 1938 1930s 9 pages - 4 - the admitted shortage of nurses, but sporadic increases of this description are usually due to the competition between one hospital and the others, and it is felt that the time has arrived for a general levelling of remuneration for the Profession, not only with...
| 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
- 4 - the admitted shortage of nurses, but sporadic increases of this description are usually due to the competition between one hospital and the others, and it is felt that the time has arrived for a general levelling of remuneration for the Profession, not only with regard to Probationers but also the qualified Nursing Grades. 14. The following scale is therefore put forward as as suggested basis. It should be regarded as a scale for a hospital of 100 to 200 beds. Agreed variations in this scale could be made in order to moot the varying conditions of the hospitals and institutions in this country. Probationers. First year £50 Second year £65. Third year £80. Fourth year £90 Staff Nurses. £110 - £130 (by annual increments of £5.) Ward sisters £130 - £160 Sisters in charge of Theatre, X-ray, Maternity, Massage, etc. £160 - £200 Home Sister and Sister Housekeeper. £200 - £220 (by annual increments of £10.) In addition, full residential emoluments valued at £50. per annum in the case of probationers and £75 per annum for other grades. Petty Restrictions. 15. Here we touch the most contentious subject in the nursing world. In our opinion hospital discipline, particularly during off duty periods is unnecessarily tyrannical and severe. It is entirely out of step with modern tendencies, and must be drastically overhauled. It is, of course, agreed that there must be discipline during duty periods, but some of the restrictions imposed by some hospitals even during duty periods should be entirely swept away. For examples, that a Nurse hurrying along a hospital corridor on an urgent message cannot pass a superior in rank who may be proceeding more leisurely, and that no talking or laughing can be allowed during meal times. 16. There is no other profession, of which we are aware, in which the members have their personal liberty so severely curtailed and regarded as unimportant, or where highly trained sisters and nurses are treated with such scant respect by their seniors. 17. Congress has received a number of reports regarding the postponement of annual leave without adequate notice; the refusal to allow nurses to use the telephone during off duty hours even on payment of the necessary fee; the cancellation of half days at a couple of hours notice, and the prying into drawers and suitcases in the nurses' private rooms. We consider that no permission should be
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