First report of Nurses salaries committee : salaries and emoluments of female nurses in hospitals.

  • Great Britain. Nurses Salaries Committee.
Date:
1943
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Credit: First report of Nurses salaries committee : salaries and emoluments of female nurses in hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    iz different contributions are payable and different benefits accrue. We there- fore await the advice we shall receive in due course from the special Sub- Committee we have appointed for this purpose. But under our proposals the value on which contributions are payable will, for nurses in the same grade, be uniform in respect of residents and non-residents alike. 37. We have standardised these values by fixing, for each category of nurse, what appeared to us to be a reasonable valuation of the emoluments in terms of cash; and we have agreed that that amount shall be the value of the emoluments of those nurses, whether resident or non-resident, for superannuation purposes. We recommend also that the standardised values shall be the amount paid in lieu of emoluments to nurses who desire and are permitted to be non-resident, subject in their case to a deduction in respect of the value of the services provided by the hospital. We also decided that it was desirable to standardise the amount of this deduction. Hospitals commonly provide for their non-resident staff meals when they are on duty— usually two or three meals daily—and also provide and launder their uniform; and we have determined what appears to us to be a reasonable deduction for these services. 38. In the tables which follow paragraph 40 there are three columns related to emoluments, marked (3), (5) and (6). Column (3) headed: “‘ Total Value of Annual Emoluments.’’—This is the amount which for superannuation purposes we consider should be the value of emoluments for resident* and non-resident* nurses alike. Column (5) headed: “* Value of Emoluments provided by Hospital for Non- Residents.’’—This is the value to be placed on the emoluments provided by the hospital to nurses who desire and are permitted to be non-resident*, cover- ing meals provided on duty—whatever their exact number—and use and laundering of uniform. Column (6) headed: “‘ Living-out Allowance.’’—This is the sum in cash payable in lieu of emoluments, after deduction of the value of the services provided by the hospital (Column (5)), to nurses who desire and are permitted to be non-resident.* E. TABLES OF SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS. 39. Salaries and Emoluments.—We set out below our recommendations about the salaries and emoluments of female hospital nurses falling within our terms of reference. We regard them as appropriate at the present time, with the cost of living at its present level. We do not propose that there should be any cost of living bonus in addition, or that the scales should vary with any small fluctuations in the cost of living, but we are of opinion that the scales may be subject to reconsideration at the request of either Panel. 40. The tables below are classified according to types of hospital. For convenience of reference we set out in the Appendix a classification according to categories of nurse. : x c ope ‘ce * be) ce . For definition of “ resident ’fand ‘“‘ non-resident ’’ nurses see paragraph 31.