Annual report : 1946 / Nuneaton and District General Hospital.

  • Nuneaton and District General Hospital.
Date:
1946
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1946 / Nuneaton and District General Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    accepting responsibility for a proportion of the cost. At the end of the year the Wards had been completed and a start was about to be made on the Nurses’ Homes. At a later stage the corridors will receive attention and finally the outside of the buildings will be repainted. There have also been several other important improve¬ ments during the year. The front drive has been resurfaced, all the trees in the grounds cut back and the flower beds and shrubberies have been replanted. Kitchen accommodation has been extended by the provision of a vegetable store, a shed to contain empty pack¬ ing materials and by fitting an extra sink for vegetable preparation. The side Wards attached to the Maternity Department have been considerably improved by the installation of wash basins and a scheme for a better lay-out of the Labour Ward and resurfacing of the floor has been drawn up. A marked improvement in the heating of Welfare Ward, which has been a problem for quite a long time, has been gained by the electrical heating of the Balcony and by regulation of the flow from the central heating plant. The accom¬ modation for Resident Medical staff, which for some years has been situated in the annexe of the South Nurses’ Home, has now been transferred to a suite of rooms in the Hospital itself, thus providing for the convenience of the Doctors when it is necessary for them to be called at night. The rooms in the annexe which were thus vacated have been utilised for the trained Catering staff. As the services of the Hospital continue to expand, it is necessary to find still more accommodation for the requisite staff and the Board is now considering what steps can be taken to obtain suitable property within easy reach of the Hospital. NURSES’ HOMES. As the supply of materials began to increase, the Nursing Committee turned its attention to the furnishing of the accommodation for resident Nursing and Domestic staffs. Much of the furniture in the old Home and the Maids’ rooms was old- fashioned and in a poor state of repair, so it was decided to buy a number of new suites of bedroom furniture and to provide an easy chair in the bedroom of every member of the staff. Beds, bedding, carpets and curtains are also receiving attention, renewals being effected as they become available. The repainting is being carried out in an imaginative way to provide a pleasant variety of colour schemes, a monotonous uniformity of treatment being steadfastly avoided. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. The Board is now going forward with the preparation of detailed plans for the new Out-patient Department, which has been in mind for several years. Further space has become even more urgent than it was before, as the increased figures of attendance on page 13 demonstrate and the Board is very anxious to establish additional Clinics for the greater convenience of patients who are now travelling to Coventry or Birmingham. It has also become necessary for consideration to be given to the construction of another Ward. The General Nursing