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Did you know... that the Salmon Report (1966) led to the loss of the job title "matron" from UK hospitals?
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... that the Salmon Report (1966) led to the loss of the job title "matron" from UK hospitals? Source: "The publication of the Salmon report in 1966 paves the way for a new grading structure, which sweeps away the job title of matron" [1]
ALT1: ... that the Salmon Report (1966) was the first effort to reorganise hospital nursing in the United Kingdom since the creation of the National Health Service two decades before? Source: "Because of the confused state of hospital nursing administration which existed in 1948, when the National Health Service was established, and persisted thereafter, the Minister of Health in 1963 decided to set up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr Brian Salmon 'to advise on the senior nursing staff structure in the hospital service" [2]