In 1941, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and the Voluntary Hospitals Committee for London established a Joint Committee to consider post-war problems of the hospitals of London with a view to maintaining and improving the standard of services which they render to patients. This is the report produced by ...
This is a report from the Fund's Committee on Hospital Diet, who carried on the work of the original sub-committee who had produced the original memorandum on hospital diet. It is clear from the information gained by the Committee that, in many hospitals, those responsible for feeding the patients and ...
This report considers the working requirements of nurses, for example, ward layout, domestic staff support and nurse 'pools'. It concludes that if nursing is seen as an over-worked and under-staffed profession, then it will be difficult to recruit new staff. To counter this various suggestions for improving standards of care ...
In 1943 the Fund published a memorandum on hospital diet. It aroused wide interest not only in hospital circles but elsewhere. The demand for copies and the large volume of correspondence that the memorandum produced gave clear indications that the subject was causing many people considerable anxiety. The need for ...
This memorandum makes recommendations to ensure a good standard of health among nurses. The main recommendations are: that a doctor be appointed specifically for the nursing staff; that hospitals should require a medical certificate before candidates are accepted for training, and that a medical examination is carried out shortly after ...