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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    TABLE VI.—SANATORIA, TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS, &c.—continued. See paragraph 38 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Total Value res Post Recommended Annual Salary yore tans ad nee seit yh She (exclusive of emoluments) bonohie ments he the y [Col. (3) ments La. Hospital Col.(5)) cd: (3)] for non- AS residents Assistant Nurse | P (see para. 28) Category A. | £85 rising by annual incre- £90 |£175-£195| £25 £65 ments of £5 to £105. Category C. | £75 rising by annual incre- £90 |£165-£185) 9 £25 £65 ments of £5 to £95. Category D. | £75 rising by annual incre- £90 |£165-£185| £25 £65 ments of £5 to £95. Category E. | £65 £75 £140 £20 £55 Nurse possess- | £85 rising by annual incre- £90 |£175-£210| £25 £65 ing T.A.Cer-| ments of £5 to £120. tificate only. Nurse in tyain- | First Year £45 £120 | Trainees would ing for T.A. | Second Year £50 } rahe £125 always be resident Certificate only The appropriate rates of pay set out in this Table apply also to the staff (ward sisters, staff nurses, assistant nurses, and nurses possessing only the T.A. certificate) working in the tuberculosis wards of general or other hospitals. 2 EEE *Notes on student nurse. See notes to Table I, Section D. Travel facilities for nurses employed in hospitals covered by Table VI. In view of the fact that the special difficulty in staffing sanatoria, tuberculosis hospitals, and other hospitals with the major part of the accommodation devoted to tuberculosis, is aggravated by the isolated position of many of these hospitals, we RECOMMEND that the authorities of such hospitals should arrange for all nursing staff other than matrons and assistant matrons to have the privilege of free travel twice a week to the nearest centre of population. 41. Tuberculosis Nursing.—Paragraph 12 sets out the reasons why we have felt obliged to recommend higher rates of pay for staff up to and including sisters in sanatoria, tuberculosis hospitals, and hospitals with the major part of the accommodation devoted to the treatment of tuberculosis, than we have recommended for other types of hospitals. We have also recommended that, as regards the salaries of matrons and assistant matrons, hospitals train- ing for the certificate of the Tuberculosis Association should be put on the same footing as hospitals approved for affiliated or associated training by the General Nursing Council. We desire to make it clear that all our proposals in this connection are of a temporary character. We RECOMMEND that, owing to the extended range and increased specialisation of nursing work in the treatment of tuberculosis and certain other respiratory diseases (including thoracic surgery), the General Nursing Council should institute a supplementary part of the State Register for such nurses, though in the title we are of opinion that use of the term ‘‘ tuberculosis ’’ should, if possible, be avoided. We also consider it most desirable that every encouragement should be given to sanatoria to become training schools, and we are of opinion that the institution of the proposed supplementary part of the Register would be a potent factor