NEW ZEALAND HOSPITALS

Evening Star, Issue 19674, 29 September 1927, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND HOSPITALS

DR MACEAGHERN'S REPORT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD U’Eit United Pukes Association.] WELLINGTON, September 28. The Jinal report of Dr M. T. MacEachern, associate director of the American College of Surgeons, on the hospital system of New Zealand has just been received by the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association, the Department of Health, and the Hospital Boards’ Association. Dr MacEachern’s main recommendations arc; — 1. That there should be a Dominion Hospital Board, comprised of representatives of the Health Department, the British* Medical Association, and the hospital boards, to determine and coordinate the main features of hospital * 2. "The redistribution of the hospital districts, with a reduction in number. 3. The addition of pay wards in general hospitals to provide accommodation for all sections of the community. 4. A wider adoption of the principle of honorary medical staffs for public hospitals. 5. The abolition of the present system of the superintendent in many hospitals carrying on dual vocations — administrative and clinical- -and giving full time to the former only. 6. The promotion of more voluntary effort and community spirit in connection with the dominion hospitals. In accordance with the arrangements made just before Dr MacEachern’s departure it is intended to hold a conference of representatives of the Health Department, the British Medical Association, and the Hospital Boards Association, to consider the recommendations in the report.