In 1961 the king's Fund decided to set up a Working Party to enquire into the duties and training of domestic administrators in order to determine the kind of training likely to produce and maintain the most efficient service. The duties of domestic administrators are described and the following training ...
This memorandum updates the recommendations made in the 1950 memorandum to reflect changes in the nursing profession. The recommendations cover the following: provision of a doctor for the nurses; entry into hospital; sick bay facilities; prevention of infection; mental health of the nurses (that is, relationships, counselling and companionship); living ...
The first paper from the conference discusses the health system of Sweden, considers how the rising costs of hospital care and shortage of medical personnel and especially doctors and nurses have focused the interest of the responsible medical and political bodies on rational hospital planning and organisation. The second paper ...
A number of hospitals now send information booklets or leaflets to their patients before they are admitted to the wards, and early in 1962 the King's Fund decided to conduct a survey to find out the extent to which such patients' booklets are in fact being issued by hospitals and ...