Annual report : 1946 / Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  • Royal Berkshire Hospital
Date:
1946
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Credit: Annual report : 1946 / Royal Berkshire Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The 108th 9 Annual Report of the Board of Management of the ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL For the Year ended 31s£ December, 1946. The Board of Management have the honour to present their 108th Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1946. Board of Management.—The Board reports with regret the retirement of the following members who are thanked for the long and valuable services they have rendered to the Hospital : Mr. A. E. Chenery, Mr. H. S. Simpson, Miss E. M. Sutton, Miss K. Rowles, Mr. C. F. Bowman, Capt. R. W. Bradley. The following new members were elected during the year : Mr. J. H. Morton, Mr. E. Thatcher, Mr. E. W. Reeves and Major C. J. Salt. The Board record with regret the death of Mr. E. S. Makower, which occurred soon after his election as a member. Honorary Medical Staff.—The Board welcomed the return early in the year of the following members of the Honorary Medical Staff on their release from service with H.M. Forces : Mr. G. T. W. Cashell, Mr. F. E. Wheeler, M.B.E., Mr. R. H. Hunt Williams. Mr. C. B. Baxter, O.B.E., relinquished the post of Honorary Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in January after having served for 27 years on the staff of the Hospital. The Board in electing him Honorary Consulting Obstetrician and Gynaecologist expressed their high appreciation of his long and valuable services. Mr. D. T. G. Dickens, after nearly 20 years’ service as Honorary Dental Surgeon, resigned during June, and has been elected Honorary Consulting Dental Surgeon. The Board take this opportunity of expressing their sincere thanks to Mr. Dickens for his long and valuable services, and to Mr. W. B. Secretan, Consulting Surgeon, for the invaluable help he gave in taking Surgical Clinical Sessions in the Out-Patients’ Depart¬ ment throughout the latter portion of the War. The Board once again record their high appreciation of the services rendered by all members of the Honorary Medical Staff for their care and personal attention to the needs of the patients throughout the year. Medical Staff.—The following appointments to the Medical Staff to fill vacancies caused by resignations were made during the year — Medical Registrar ... ... Dr. J. J. Kempton, to succeed Dr. W. J. Tindall. Bacteriologist ... ... Dr. A. A. Miller, to succeed Dr. P. Kidd. Assistant Pathologist ... Dr. J. Bruce, to succeed Dr. L. Dowsett. Dr. T. R. M. Bristow has been appointed an Assistant Anaesthetist. Dr. K. Joyce Mulvany has resigned from the post of Radiotherapist. Mr. R. G. Reid, Surgical Registrar, returned from service with the Forces in September. National Health Service Act, 1946.—The Royal Assent was given on the 6th November, 1946, to the National Health Service Bill, which thereby became an Act. Under this Act, the Minister of Health will become responsible for providing the whole of the health services in England and Wales : for this purpose he will be entrusted with the ownership tof existing hospitals, both voluntary and others. He will be advised by a central council of experts and will delegate many of his powers regarding the hospital services : (a) to Regional Hospital Boards, who will be
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