![]() To treat certain types of injuries and disease in fully equipped and staffed special hospitals.To provide outpatient and hospital treatment in casualty clearing hospitals and in fully equipped base hospitals.To create 300,000 beds in hospitals for civilian casualties and all sick service personnel.The Air Ministry anticipated that the Luftwaffe would attempt a ‘knock out’ blow in the first few days of war and estimated that about 100,000 tons of bombs would fall on London in the first fortnight of war! A massive number of civilian and service causalities would result - 25,000 casualties per day for the first ten days of war - thus some 300,000 beds would be required in Great Britain. At one London hospital, the legs of the cots in the maternity department stood in tins of oil to discourage the cockroaches from crawling up! Many lacked diagnostic facilities, pathology, radiology and operating theatres while catering and heating required urgent attention. The bad news was that not all were in good structural shape: two-thirds were built before 1891 and nearly a quarter before 1861. The subsequent survey revealed the good news that there were 500,000 hospital beds, of which 130,000 were in mental hospitals. The Ministry realised it had no idea of the number of beds available in the country. The armed services had their own hospitals but with access to civilian facilities. ![]() The 1938 Munich Crisis brought matters to a head and the Ministry of Health took responsibility for hospitals, first aid services and ambulances. Much discussion ensued regarding which authority was responsible for what. Casualties resulting from air raids on London would require 36,000 beds.įurther planning followed the passing of the Air Raid Precautions Act in 1937. By 1928, the general concept, based on the First World War experiences, was to establish casualty-clearing hospitals in target areas with base hospitals in the country. Furthermore, their designs differed and not all could take standard stretchers. Initial ideas about the impact of war on London surfaced in 1926 when a casualty scheme for the City revealed a woeful shortage of ambulances. Movement Disorders including Parkinsons.Grants, Fellowships and Research Proposals.Peri-operative care for surgical patients.
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