Reports on hospitals and the patient and a domestic workers' charter
1931 1931 1930s 22 pages Another misery for patients is the presence in a large ward of patients who are troublesome to others. For these there should be some small side wards to utilise at need. There are often some wards of this type for paying patients, and they might be used instead for this spe...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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London : Labour Party
1931
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| Summary: | 1931
1931
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Another misery for patients is the presence in a large ward of patients who are troublesome to others. For these there should be some small side wards to utilise at need. There are often some wards of this type for paying patients, and they might be used instead for this special purpose. In any case, large wards are pot desirable. Not only are they noisy, but they are difficult to quarantine on necessity. A day-room on each floor for the patients who are up in the ward on that floor would be a help to quick recovery. F. Visits of Friends. The number of visits from friends and relatives must rest with the medical officer of the hospital. Numerous and long visits and a number of visitors at a time are certainly not to the advantage of the patient. Every floor, if not each ward, should have a waiting-room for them. Since it is wanted only a short time each week and space is valuable, the day-room previously suggested might be used. It is a matter of great anxiety to relatives that they find it almost impossible to get reliable information about the patient, both concerning the actual illness and progress whilst in hospital. For this reason it should be possible for the next-of-kin at least to have an interview with the medical officer or other responsible person to ascertain the exact nature of the illness. There should also be some arrangement for obtaining genuine reports as to the condition of the patient on the days which are not visiting days. The usual formal telephone replies — "as well as can be expected," "comfortable," "satisfactory," "progressing favourably" — is of no use. G. Sanitary Rounds. In many hospitals this duty is not carried out at frequent enough intervals. Some institutions have set hours and make no provision for other times. This is utterly wrong, especially in the case of children. A patient should have attention at request. The difficulty of carrying this out lies with the shortage of nurses, and where every minute is needed to get through the routine work patients are reluctant to claim the time of nurses for their needs. Further, if the necessary screens were the colour of the walls they would not be conspicuous when in use. (13)
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