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Nurses Salaries Committee
The Nurses Salaries Committee was the first official body to fix salary scales and conditions for nursing in England. It was founded in 1941, and ceased its activity with its last report in 1943. Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe or Rushcliffe, as he was later known, was appointed by Ernest Brown the minister of health to chair the committee, which was established in October 1941. Membership The committee consisted of two panels, each of twenty members, one panel representing employers, the other employees. The employers panel consisted of the: * British Hospitals Association (in association with King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and the Nuffield Trust) 6 seats Bernard Docker, Muriel M Edwards, S Clayton Fryers ( Leeds General Infirmary), Gilbert G Panter, J P Wetenhall, S P Richardson (who was replaced by L Farrer Brown); * County Councils Association 4 seats W A Bullough, W B Cartwright, Wynne Cemlyn-Jones, T O Steventon; * Association of Municipal Corporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe
Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe, (15 August 1872 – 18 November 1949), known as Sir Henry Betterton, Bt, between 1929 and 1935, was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served as Minister of Labour under Ramsay MacDonald between 1931 and 1934. Background and education Betterton was the son of Henry Inman Betterton, of Woodville, Leicestershire, and Agnes, daughter of Samuel Bucknall. He was educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1896. He practiced for some years at the Chancery Bar. Political career Betterton was elected Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottingham in 1918. He served under Stanley Baldwin as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour between 1923 and 1924 and again between 1924 and 1929. When the National Government was formed in 1931 he was sworn of the Privy Council and made Minister of Labour under Ramsay MacDonald, a post he held until 1934, when he left the Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
