HOSPITAL COMMISSION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 2

HOSPITAL COMMISSION.

ADMI-NISTOATOM OP GISBOR&E INSTITUTION.

PULL ORDER O^^PERE^Ctii,

('SpecJ_l*te the" ; pei_ld;) TV, tt '.y^P^mft'B'^y..' I_The Hpn.^.^W, m Charge of^Hospitajs, informs me that the Govei-nme^has settip a Koval Conu ""^n^fet-ng of. Mr H. W." Bishop, !5.M., of "B^isitchurch, to investdgato a number. blatters m: eohneptiohwitl- -^ of the 8 v pital. IW< order of reference is Very i 6 '^!^ 1^ the question of theVgHhe. V, ral efficiency. of the hospital, diaoiplina among nurses,, and their trahiing^lsc. , the number of private hospitals iA Gis..borne- and ■ * the desirability of / medical *- j^men mterfested m the latter having seats on the Hospital Board. Tlie commission directs^frjßishoptto inquire into the following nmttersY— -7-7 : ; I.—^itrol and management of the" ' hospital (a) -Whether the institution- is» i «ra c iently conduotfd ;-,(b) whether it too- . vides tadequato » accommodation^ ' - ' I; 2. (a) Whether the, by-laws, jf R ttfci_y are vstaf^eht to mamtain <-& ;«phnf ;-.- (b) jprhetpjifer -they arelso en■iorcedA^ Ayy..A:r. ■■:..: ■' ■ . '3. Whether there has been arid is unrest m the institution. If "so for how long has sttch . unrest existed? such unrest has been contributed to^y the action or lack of, action ;of the^Hospital Board,/ Public . Health I>erartmlnt, ' honorary staff, and m addition as to the administrative ability and fitness! of -the resident 4taff, including the T |es_<jfenfc , medical officers, , -past and preseit Vinnd ; matrons past, aiid : present j, ahd7f,ur-_iterv : whether outside influences ,.; tended^, to create,, and .keep alive unrest if it^existed and .still exists. * 4. Whether there has been an^tmdtje proportion of changes m the .nttcs-hg staff during the : past five years, V and- m connection therewith the number of te« signations ; whether the discipline'Of't-X& nursing staff has been maintained by-the resident medical officers. Whether the training of pupils, has been conducted m accordance with; -the regulations- 'unde* the Nurses' Registration Act. Whether , there has been a .sufficient number of 7 lectures given to pupil jiurses, ahd if so, by whom? V;'..V ;'.. , 7,V . ■_,-£_■■ /'•'he number of priya^ s ios]pit_dßijii|Gisborne ; their ;acsomnwdat^ panson ; with 7. towns of similar size m i other parts of New Zealand^. . Whether* any medical practitioners m Gisborne have any direct financial .interest? m them; if so to what extent is 'it desirable that medical men interested ;,*__"*:'. private hospitals should have seats on the Hospital Boards ? To report ; as. to the present condition of the institution andrelatipns of the staff. Whether any steps, are 'necessary to ensure th)B-com« petent administaation ... of the hospital 'and the harmonious relations of the staff. ' -It ; is understood that the commission will open -ait Gisborne about the!' middle of this .nrinth", and thfit the local committee that prompted thie , petition Vhave , retained the services of Mr M. Myers, of- Wellington. ;« ; t. V V 7;