Hospital administration

Scope and Contents These minutes encompass the beginnings of the charitable hospital from 1728 through to the inception of the NHS in 1948. They record the Managers' administration of the Infirmary when it was run as a charitable institution. In addition to showing the day-to-day running of the Infirmary, they include rules and regulations, notes of staff appointments and of legacies and major contributions to the Infirmary. Until 1871 they include minutes of the General Court of Contributors, which from 1818...

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Papers of programmes of training for nurses, requirements for training, papers, committees, etc.

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Minutes, agendas and circulars of the Radiology Committee, plus some assorted papers.

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Bound volumes and loose paper material concerning the running of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

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Publications relating to Scottish hospital and nursing administration, including the Salmon Report, a Scottish Hospital Memorandum on the control of medicines; and Nurses Memorial to King Edward VII in Scotland Annual Report.

Scope and Contents In 1949 the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board sent a circular letter to the Secretaries of the various Boards of Management asking for information as to members and grades of all staff employed in their hospital. Proposals were invited regarding alterations to the existing establishment.In 1952 the Department of Health for Scotland issued a circular on the need to minimise the cost of running hospitals by making all practical economies in staff numbers.In 1953...

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1959-1964 wanting.

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The following Work Studies were carried out by the Work Study Department of the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board. Unless otherwise stated they refer to the Royal Infirmary.

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Reports and papers of the Work Studies dept.

Note: The firm, Personnel Administration Ltd later changed its name to PA Management Consultants Ltd.