Salaries and Pensions

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XI, Issue 2, 1 April 1918, Page 78

Salaries and Pensions

A commission has lately boen sitting m Cape Town at the instance of the administrator to consider the whole question of the grading of hospitals, salaries, pensions, etc. "As far as we can gather," says the " South African Nursing Record," " the idea is to grade all classes of hospitals carefully, then to pay the matrons according to the class of institution they control ; further, to establish a uniform scale of emolument for sisters and staff nurses, with uniform and regular increases. In a country hospital where State aid is so large a factor m hospital administration this i* only right, and a great many gross inequalities will be rectified by it. There is to our mind a very great need for a systematic distribution of salaries, and the more order and regularity that is introduced into the administration of hospitals the bettor. 7 ' The " Record " strongly urges upon the T.N.A. the establishment of a benevolent fund, with, lator on, its own seaside hostel for nurses. — From tho " Nursing Times."

It is interesting to observo how the problems with which we ourselves have been grappling" come up from time to time m other places. In our pages several years ago we published the conclusions arrived at m New Zealand. We shall bo glad to learn if a solution whereby inequalities may be smoothed out m a manner satisfactory to all concerned, is arrived at m South Africa. There are so many factors to consider that we are not hopeful of a workable scheme. Many of our readers express verbal opinions regarding salaries and superannuation. We should welcome a thoughtful paper on the subject, giving the views of the nursing profession m a concrete form, which might be presented to the Hon. Minister m charge of Hospitals and Public Health, who lias announced his intention at a future date of considering what can be done m tho matter of superannuation for nurses.

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