St. Bartholomew's Hospital

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume III, Issue 3, 1 July 1910, Page 103

St. Bartholomew's Hospital

The appointment of the new Matron of " Bart's." is one of great interest to the nursing world ; this old and famous Hospital being one of the chief training schools in Great Britain. The Matron selected, as was announced in " The Nursing Times " of 4th June, is Miss Annie Macintosh, Senior Assistant Matron at the London Hospital, where she has been for thirteen years. From later reports we learn that this appointment has not been well received by " Bart's." nurses, and a meeting of protest was held, which was largely attended by nurses past anel present. One chief cause of dissatisfaction

was that a Matron had been appointed who was trained in a Hospital which gave a certificate after two years' work. This is certainly a grave cause of apprehension, as the nurses of " Bart's." feel that the lifelong work of their late esteemed Matron, in upholding the standard of nurse training, and in promoting the cause of the State Registration of Nurses, may be endangered by the introduction of one whose training has been under those opposed to this progressive movement. Let us hope that Miss Macintosh may adopt the policy of her predecessors, and carry on the work so well inaugurated.