MEDICAL STAFFS.
HOSPITAL METHODS.
SELECTION OF APPOINTEES.
WOT HBW TO AUCKLAND.
SugjjwMon* t« Improve the method* adopted by some hospital boards in the selection of appointee* to vacancies on mndicsl staff* of public hospital* were contained in a communication received from tho acting director-general of health *t last evening's meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board.
It. was rtt.atcd in the communication that the miggixtlons had arisen as the result of * conference held in Wellington on March 10 between the council of tho New Zealand branch of the B.M.A. and the Hospital Boards' Aiuiockktion executive. .
Thorn had been general agreement that In the making of appointment* to medical stuff*, hospital boards tihould take steps to obtain special advice from an Independent body of medical men as to tho relative suitability of applicants, having regard to their professional and technical qualification*. Acting on the advice nf the meeting, a number of rucominondutlonn were made.
It. wm NiiggcAted that where agreement between the board and the appointments committee wat not reached within duo time, the matter should ho referred to the Department and tlmt it* recommendation should be considered before making a tlnal •election.
•'Thorn Is nothing now in the recomnuTidiiticnm; in fmt, a number have been borrowed from tho Auckland hnapital," •tfld Hip chairman, Mr. Allan Moody. Tho recommendations were confirmed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 282, 29 November 1938, Page 12
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