Report : 1948/49 / Plymouth, South Devon and East Cornwall General Hospital Management Committee.

  • Plymouth, South Devon and East Cornwall General Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
1949
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Credit: Report : 1948/49 / Plymouth, South Devon and East Cornwall General Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPOINTMENT OF CHAPLAINS. Special attention has been given to providing for the spiritual needs of both patients and staff in hospital. In consultation with the appropriate Church authorities, the Management Committee have appointed a part-time Chaplain to each of the principal denominations for every hospital for which they are responsible. PAY BEDS. The Regional Hospital Board is determining, with the approval of the Ministry, the extent to which hospital beds are to be ear-marked for use by full paying patients (under Section 5 of the Act) and by patients desiring to pay for privacy as an amenity (under Section 4 of the Act). When the accommo¬ dation to be reserved has been finally determined, the Management Committee will be responsible for its administration. MATERNITY HOMES. Upon the advice of the Maternity Sub-Committee, the Management Committee approved of the beds allocated for obstetrics at the Freedom Fields Hospital, the Alexandra Maternity Home, Devonport, and the Flete Maternity Home, jointly forming the main centre for maternity work in South Devon and East Cornwall. In addition, the Committee approved the Sub-Committee’s recommendation that peripheral units should be at Tavistock, Liskeard, Launceston and Ivingsbridge. Proposals were submitted to the Regional Hospital Board for the acquisition of suitable properties at Launceston and Liskeard for use as Maternity Homes. CLOSURE OF STRATTON ISOLATION HOSPITAL AND POLVELLAN MATERNITY HOME, LOOE. During the year under review, the Regional Hospital Board closed the Isolation Hospital at Stratton and the Polvellan Maternity Home, Looe. JOINT NURSING COMMITTEE. A Joint Nursing Committee, including representatives of the three Management Committees concerned was formed to replace the Committee which, prior to the “ Appointed Day ”, had co-ordinated the Comprehensive Nurse Training Scheme of the former municipal hospitals. The Committee also took over the responsibility for the staffing, equipment and maintenance of the Preliminary Training School, associated with the above-mentioned Comprehensive Nurse Training Scheme.