Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages (e.g. duplication and even triplication of hand-written reports), so as to give sisters and staff nurses more time to supervise the work of junior nurses and to instruct them. Reduction of unnecessary treatment. Doctors can reduce hospital drug bills by 30% to 50% if the...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
October 1942
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/94ADE81F-88CC-494E-8522-D209A693217C http://hdl.handle.net/10796/6D9319A4-67A2-4425-B123-D7645AA18B98 |
| Summary: | 1942-10
1942
1940s
40 pages
(e.g. duplication and even triplication of hand-written reports), so as to give sisters and staff nurses more time to supervise the work of junior nurses and to instruct them. Reduction of unnecessary treatment. Doctors can reduce hospital drug bills by 30% to 50% if they take greater consideration before they prescribe or change a medicine. The waiting of patients in Casualty, Out-patients and other Special Departments. In evidence given before the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London some years ago, one Society submitted particulars of 45 cases, out of which 16 mentioned periods of waiting of from 2 to 4 hours, 22 of 4 to 6 hours and 7 of over 6 hours! Another Committee stated that delay of 5 or 6 hours was of quite common occurrence (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. Report of Committee on Out-Patient Methods, 1932, page 7). When it is remembered that no less than 25,000,000 attendances are made in Voluntary Hospital Out-patient Departments alone each year, some idea is obtained of the colossal amount of time spent by people waiting for treatment. By using an appointments system and getting the willing co-operation of doctors, nurses and other staff through the Joint Consultative Committee much of the time thus spent away from work by patients could be saved. Finding and removing bottle-necks in hospital work. In-patients are not infrequently unduly detained in Hospital because a particular department (e.g. X-Ray or Path. Lab.) is not properly administered, and consequently causes hold-ups in diagnosis and treatment. Living conditions of nurses can be improved. Why should nurses homes be run by senior sisters? Nurses would be happier and could be responsible for their own welfare if nurses homes were run by lay wardens with the aid of a nurses home committee. The improvement of nurses' working conditions. Nurses can make valuable practical suggestions to matron and the administrative officers as to hours of work, off duty times and details of their ward duties. Through a Joint Consultative Committee staff could draw attention to any undue monotony or insufficiency of their own and of patients' diets. The Committee would break down the sectionalism which often exists between different groups of hospital workers. This is essential for the smooth and most effective running of the hospital. These Committees can produce closer co-operation between doctors, social workers, almoners, dietitians, occupational therapists, etc. This will lead to a decrease in the time patients are in hospital whilst increasing effective treatment by providing information as to the social back- 13
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