This document lists a wide variety of terms which are closely and marginally connected with the planning of hospitals. The source for the definition of each term is given at the end of each entry, and where appropriate the British Standard number is given.
This is a report of a conference which was held on Tuesday 28 February 1967 and attended by approximately 100 people, the majority of whom were doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The doctor's view about inpatient medication was concerned with problems arising from prescribing systems in hospitals. It was suggested that ...
This is a report of an investigation into crockery washing with particular reference to the use of detergent dispensers and the centralisation of patients' crockery washing.
The first five papers of the conference are reproduced in this document. The first speaker gave a brief history of the development of health centres and suggested that at a time when there is likely to be increasing discussion about health centres, past experience and future changes in the practice ...
This memorandum has been written as a guide to all those interested in hospital administration who may be involved in deciding their own hospital's nursing establishment requirements. The document does not attempt to produce any quick and easy formula as an answer to the staffing problem of any one hospital. ...
The theme for this conference was the pressure for more medical services, including curative care of all kinds and medical care and for more hospital services of all types, including acute, mixed, long-term and psychiatric services. Each paper provides an objective statement of facts as they exist in each country.
The purpose of this report is to attempt to define the work of the hospital chaplain which may be regarded as falling into two groups: ministry to patients; ministry to hospital staff.