These papers were written in an attempt to help people appointed to the comparatively new post of organiser of voluntary help in the hospital service, and are directed particularly to those with little or no experience of the hospital world. It is also hoped that all staff, particularly nurses and ...
This document considers that the role of volunteers working in psychiatric hospitals is essentially to add a dimension of reality to the lives of the patients and, by so doing, to help them maintain, develop and strengthen their links with the community. A variety of voluntary services that are being ...
This publication considers a variety of ways in which volunteers may be brought in to hospitals to help bring interest and variety to people with learning difficulties. Listed are a variety of services already being given by volunteers.
Volunteers are able to spend time listening to elderly people whether in hospital or in a home, time which professional staff and even relatives are unable to spare. If used effectively on a hospital ward, volunteers can relieve some of the pressure which staff may feel in being unable to ...
The volunteer in a general hospital has two main roles: one to act as patient's friend and helper, and the other to help hospital people retain that precious human touch so vital to good care. within this context the volunteer can undertake a wide range of tasks which complement those ...
This publication is a catalogue accompanying an exhibition of hospital catering equipment and supplies. The aim of the exhibition was to show how the drop in the number of hospital staff taking meals and the rise in the cost of these meals per head could be tackled and overcome.
The aim of this study is: to assist hospitals to gain information on the views of their patients, enabling them to take remedial action when desirable and practicable; to compile results centrally so that inter-hospital comparisons can be made.
This booklet does not attempt to provide an exhaustive index of all the best ideas for providing better services for people with learning difficulties. The aim has been to provide a simple narrative describing some of the ideas and practices which have come to the notice of the Hospital Centre ...
This book questions how much the public really knows and cares about the standard of care and about the priorities for expenditure on and within the health and social services; how well informed are people (including health services staff) about the facts and figures of these services and about the ...