IRISH GIRLS ARE GOOD NURSES
HOSPITAL’S RECRUITING DRIVE Two nursing sisters are going to Ireland to recruit “jolly, full-of-sense-of-humour” colleens for a Birmingham hospital that needs nurses urgently.
They will tour Ireland, set up recruiting stations wherever they can, and sign on volunteers on the spot.’ Irish girls “bring an atmosphere of sparkle into sick wards and are very popular with patients,” Miss M. Thomas, matron of Birmingham Infirmary, told the Daily Mirror. “They usually are filled with a delightful sense of humour. ’ “We have chosen Ireland because it is the best possible field for recruitment. “My experience is that Irish girls generally make first-rate nurses.”
The infirmary may have to close several years if its Irish recruiting drive fails.
Mr Walter Elliot, former Minister of Health, declared: “You will need a Monty in the nursing service to reorganise and to remove the dead wood and red tape built around the profession.” 7 He told the conference of Professional Nurses and Midwives in London that conditions must be improved. The shortage of nurses was given as 30,000 —more than three years’ full intake.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 92, 10 February 1947, Page 6
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