The Labour Party and the Nursing Profession
1927 1927 1920s 40 pages 21 amounted to £7,415, which sum was distributed after inspection and report of the work done by the associations. No grant is made if the association does not employ a fully-trained nurse or if it pays her less than a year, exclusive of board, lodging, and unifor...
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London : The Labour Party (London : Co-operative Print. Society Ltd.)
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1920s
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21 amounted to £7,415, which sum was distributed after inspection and report of the work done by the associations. No grant is made if the association does not employ a fully-trained nurse or if it pays her less than a year, exclusive of board, lodging, and uniform. The Council attempts to prevent overlapping, to provide for the nursing of areas unprovided with nurses and in general to systematise the arrangements for district nursing. To help in this purpose it publishes a directory of district nursing showing the nurse or nursing association available for 20,000 streets and places. PROVINCIAL TOWNS. It is apparent that the days when district nursing associations were "lady-bountiful" in their character are rapidly passing away. It is true that they are still financed principally by voluntary contributions, but public bodies, such as the Ministry of Health, local Councils, Boards of Guardians, etc., make substantial contributions. The governing body also tends to become representative of the community as a whole, e.g., on the Edinburgh District Nursing Association, the following bodies appoint representatives: — St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Women's Guild, Edinburgh Parish Council, Edinburgh and District Trades and Labour Council, and various friendly societies. Some approved societies make arrangements with the associations for the nursing of their insured members. A minimum subscription, varying from 3s. to 8s. 8d. a year, entitles a member of such an association to free nursing for general cases. A midwifery charge of 30s. is usually made for members. A higher charge, usually £2 2s., is made for the midwifery cases of non-members. Free service is given to old age pensioners, those receiving unemployment benefit, and the very poor. Some associations adopt the policy of asking no definite fee, but allowing the patients to fix it themselves. Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh all reported that they had sufficient nurses to meet the needs. The inspectors reported that in these cities "a high standard is being maintained, the work being done in a competent and sympathetic manner; the tone among the nurses is good; the home, the books, and the equipment are in very good order." COUNTRY DISTRICTS. County nursing associations covering scattered rural districts with insufficient funds to maintain a Queen's nurse are, nevertheless, affiliated to the Institute under special conditions. The association is allowed to employ "village nurses" who are certified midwives and have had six months' training in district nursing at one of the training centres, Plaistow, Tipton, or Plymouth. They are usually women of the county the expenses of whose training has been defrayed by special grants from the County Council. In return for this training they are bound by agreement to serve the county association for a certain period, generally two or three years. The total cost of a village nurse midwife is about £120 a year. The Institute insists that she be under the direct supervision of a superintendent who is a Queen's nurse. The Institute recognises that there are still a number of districts with less completely trained women where conditions necessitate the employment of a Queen's nurse, and is using every means in its power to improve the standard.
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