Hospital Management Committees

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Hospital Management Committees were local administrative bodies in the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management and operation of National Health Service hospitals in the mid-20th century.

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Hospital Management Committees canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NHS administrative structure
local administrative body
appliesTo NHS hospital services
appliesToJurisdiction England
Scotland
Wales
basedOn National Health Service Act 1946
composedOf appointed lay members
local authority representatives
medical professionals
nursing representatives
country United Kingdom
describedIn National Health Service Act 1946
National Health Service Act 1949
dissolved 1974
dissolvedBy National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
field healthcare administration
hospital management
governs groups of NHS hospitals
individual NHS hospitals
hasHistoricalPeriod mid-20th century
hasJurisdiction hospital management within a defined local area
hasResponsibility hospital budgeting at local level
hospital staffing matters
implementation of national health policies at hospital level
local administration of NHS hospitals
local patient services organisation
maintenance of hospital buildings and equipment
hasRole implementation of regional hospital board policies
operation of NHS hospitals
oversight of day-to-day management of NHS hospitals
inception 1948
5 July 1948
languageOfWorkOrName English
locationOfWork NHS organisations
surface form: NHS hospitals
operatingPeriodEnd 1974
operatingPeriodStart 1948
partOf National Health Service
tripartite structure of the early NHS
reasonForAbolition reorganisation and integration of NHS management structures in 1974
replacedBy Area Health Authorities
District Level Coordination Committees
surface form: District Management Teams
sector public health sector
subordinateTo Regional Hospital Boards
typeOf public sector management body
usedFor decentralised management of hospital services

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National Health Service Act 1948 createdBody Hospital Management Committees
Regional Hospital Boards oversees Hospital Management Committees