Papers relating to the Report of the Salmon Committee on Senior Nursing Staff Structure

Description

The Salmon Committee was appointed by the Minister of Health in 1963 to advise on senior nursing structure in hospitals. The Committee, chaired by Brian Salmon, reported in 1966 and recommended a new structure for nurse staffing. These papers relate to the work of the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) to implement changes to nursing staff structures as recommended by the report.


Papers were housed in paper folder entitled 'Salmon Committee on Senior Nursing Structure Administrative functions & Training for these Posts. Published 12.5.1966. (F.N's birthday)'


Contains:

- Set of typescript questions and prepared answers relating to the Salmon report


- Copy of report on the progress after publication of the Salmon report, with covering letter re sending Raven the report, dated 21 Apr 1972.


- Copies of articles from various publications including the Nursing Times and the Nursing Mirror, on aspects of the Salmon changes.


- Copies of outline Salmon job descriptions and accompanying covering letters sent from the Department of Health and Social Security to Regional Nursing Officers, Chief Nursing Officers - Board of Governors, and Chief Nursing Officers - Salmon Pilot Schemes. Letters dated 10 Jun 1971


- Reports on the impact of the Salmon changes in hospitals


- Further copies of the outline Salmon job descriptions


- Copy of guidance on 'Introducing the Salmon Senior Nursing Staff Structure'


- Copy of guidance paper by the DHSS on 'Introduction of Salmon Structure. Identification of the functions of the Principal Nursing Officer, Teaching Division (Grade 9). May 1969.


- Copy of guidance paper by the DHSS called 'Charter for Change', intended for use by Regional Hospital Board officers to explain Salmon changes to staff. March 1969


- Copy of guidance paper on 'Introduction of Salmon Structure. Identification of the functions to be covered in posts in Grades 10 and 9'.


- Copy of programme and attendees list for a conference on the Introduction of Salmon Structure by Boards of Governors, by the DHSS, held on 29 Jan 1969.


- Internal report produced for Raven re analysis of the Salmon job descriptions, 1 Oct 1968


- Copies of paper by the DHSS with a suggested programme for a pilot scheme, Feb 1968


- Copies of report by the DHSS listing some important aspects of the Salmon proposals, Feb 1968


- Copy of a paper listing benefits which may be expected to result from the Salmon proposals, Jul 1967


- Copy of 'The Salmon Report. Application of Proposals and Programme for Implementation', prepared by members of the Nursing Division of the Ministry of Health, 3 Feb 1967.


- Pages of manuscript notes by Raven on aspects of the Salmon proposals, possibly for drafting a report


- Copies of published DHSS literature on the Salmon Report: 'The Senior Nursing Organisation in Hospitals: An introduction to the Report of the Salmon Committee' and 'A Working Index to the Report of the Salmon Committee on Senior Nursing Staff Structure'


- Copy of the Ministry of Health Scottish Home and Health Department, Report of the Committee on Senior Nursing Staff Structure, (London, HMSO: 1966) [the Salmon Report].

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Physical and technical conditions

Copy of the Salmon Report covers are in poor condition, with some pages coming loose. Contents are now split over two folders.