High-flying activist
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It was impossible to ignore politics in Stepney, London, England, in the 1930s, according to former nurse and political activist Avis Hutt. She was working at Mile End Hospital at that time, and was greatly disturbed by the extensive social deprivation in the area. She joined the Communist Party, and towards the end of the second world war became a school matron. She and her husband campaigned for a national health service after the second world war, and she studied for her industrial nursing certificate. She finally joined the Labour party at the age of 79.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Nurses at the dawn of the NHS
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The history of nursing prior to, and after, the introduction of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 is discussed. Hospital care before 1948 was based on the Poor Law which required patients to pay for treatment. The NHS promised free medical care for everyone. Nursing became better paid, and working conditions improved but the status of nurses remained low. Doctors, officials and politicians decided on policy but nurses were excluded. Nursing unions and the Royal College of Nursing have consistently fought to improve the rights and status of nurses.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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United voices: the nursing profession's industrial relations and its ability to fight for improved hours and pay was radically changed by a small and short-lived union
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The Association of Nurses was a short lived trade union founded in 1937 by Thora Silverthorne. It helped to break the culture of long hours and low pay for nurses and the dominance of professional organisations. It was the first trade union solely for nurses and sought affiliation to the TUC, but its principles were attacked by the College of Nursing.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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