Annual report of the Liverpool Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest : 1945.

  • Liverpool Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.
Date:
1945
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Credit: Annual report of the Liverpool Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest : 1945. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nursing. Fields. Ministry of Health Survey. Torpenhow Open Air School. In order to assist Sanatoria in the recruitment of nurses, the Ministry of Health proposed a scheme for the affiliation with the General Teaching Hospitals whereby nurses will be enabled to receive a period of training at Sanatoria. One of the conditions of affiliation is that the Sanatorium should be registered with the General Nursing Council. Following an inspection by their representative, a report was submitted to the Board, stating the terms on which they would be prepared to accept registration, but no definite decision has yet been reached. The Board agreed to accept the recommendation of the British Hospitals Association Area Committee with regard to Hospital treatment of nurses in their employ, whether such treatment was given at Hospitals under their control or at any other Hospital. In view of the shortage of nursing and domestic staff, the Board have reluctantly been compelled to close the bungalow and pavilion block. This is further proof, if any is needed, in support of the urgency of the Board’s application for permission to extend the Nurses’ Home. Dr. J. J. Danaher has resigned and Dr. M. B. Paul, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. (Cantab.), has been appointed to fill the vacancy of Resident Medical Officer. Certain fields not required for immediate use by the Sana¬ torium have been temporarily leased to a neighbouring farmer for grazing purposes. During the year, the Ministry of Health published its Report on the survey of the Hospital services of the North Western Area ; the Sanatorium being one of the Institutions inspected. The Report recognised “ Desiderata” in the Hospital system of Liverpool generally, already well known to members of Hospital Boards of Management, but no practical or construc¬ tive recommendations which would assist in improving the services appeared in that Report. Torpenhow, as usual, had a successful year, the high average of children in residence during the previous year being well maintained.