British Hospitals Association

The British Hospitals Association was established by Henry Burdett in 1884.[1]

In 1887 it established a register of trained nurses for those who could show that they had worked for at least a year in a hospital or an infirmary and had been trained in the duties of a nurse.

It ran a Nurses Co-operative in the early years of the twentieth century which employed 500 nurses and had a turnover of £50,000 a year.[2]

Sir Arthur Stanley was chairman in 1924.[3]

Bernard Docker was the chairman in 1941.[4] It was involved in discussions about the organisation of the future National Health Service, particularly about the regional hospital boards.[5]

References
  1. Rivett, Geoffrey. "Biographical notes on Sir Henry Burdett, 1847-1920". NHS History. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. Abel-Smith, Brian (1960). A History of the Nursing Profession. London: Heinemann. p. 59.
  3. "British Hospitals Association". British Medical Journal. 28 June 1924. p. 1137. PMC 2304600.
  4. "British Hospitals Association". British Medical Journal: 644. 8 November 1941. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. Webster, Charles (1988). The Health Services Since the War. London: HMSO. p. 23. ISBN 978-0116309426.
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