Minutes of the Royal College of Nursing Council meetings
- Reference:GB 1199 RCN2/1/1967
- Dates of Creation:1967
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:0.01m
Scope and Content
Meetings were held roughly monthly, with meetings in January, February, March, April, July, August and October. 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 1967 the topics discussed by Council include:
Registration of clinical instructors
Golden Jubilee project
Extension of membership to student nurses
Shortage of tutors
Post-registration clinical courses
Staff development programme
Deduction of subscriptions at source
Cowdray Club
Employment of nurses in operating theatres
Coat of Arms
Membership records department
Nursing libraries
Nurse of the year award
Relationship between the RCN and the Nursing Times
Salmon report
Training of nurses and midwives in Northern Ireland
Care of the elderly
Overseas membership
Future of district nursing and district nurse training
Indexed.
This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: the original set is signed. This volume is kept in Store B.
The other set is a copy of the original. This volume is kept in Store A.
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
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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.