Minutes of the Royal College of Nursing Council meetings

Reference:GB 1199 RCN2/1/1985
Dates of Creation:1985
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Scope and Content
Meetings were held in January, March, May, July, September and November. They are arranged in the following order: minutes of the previous meeting, minutes of current meeting, agenda of current meeting, papers of current meeting.
Items addressed at every meeting are: the location of the meeting, attendees and apologies, matters arising, correspondence, Congress, membership matters, reports from committees, reports from national boards, use of the seal, membership numbers.
During 1985 the topics discussed by Council include:
Properties of the RCN
Recruitment and retention of nurses
The Griffiths report
Appointment of architects to the RCN
Nursing in a multi-racial society
English national board for nursing, midwifery and health visiting
RCN staff salary and conditions of service
What the RCN stands for
New diploma in advanced nursing administration
Career development for nurse managers
RCN policy on the sale of goods
These records are not indexed.
This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: One set consists of copies of original papers, including supporting and committee papers. These papers are kept in Store A.
One set consists of a box of original loose papers, including supporting and committee papers. These papers are kept in Store B.
Access Information
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact the RCN Archives in advance of their first visit.
Other Finding Aids
Most recent online Royal College of Nursing Archives Catalogue is available at http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/library_and_heritage_services.
Conditions Governing Use
Royal College of Nursing
Custodial History
The main bulk of volumes came from London library historical collection to Edinburgh with the Archives' collections in 1992. Library maintained a copy set. From 1992 up until 2009 the papers were transferred directly by Council and Committee Admin (previously 'General Secretariat', or 'General Secretary's Office') One copy went to RCN Library for binding and the original to Archives, unbound. In January 2017 the two sets were brought together to create one full run of papers and an additional run, with copies of most years. The more complete set is held in Store A and the less complete set in Store B.