RefNoHF/1/14/6/7/13
Previous numbers98HF.141.7.13
LevelItem
TitleHugh Cairns to A D Lindsay, Master of Balliol
Date30 December 1936
DescriptionMet Hospital Subcommittee and Mr Sanctuary - hopes he was able to encourage them to realize that aims of Nuffield scheme are identical with their own - comments on this - would be sound idea to take on Abernethy and Mrs Handfield Jones as part time assistants in Departments of Gynaecology and Anaesthetics - comments on this - he could start on 24 December if he could borrow beds and operating theatre - comments on this - permanent buildings for new departments cannot go up without careful long term planning - question of what is a charge on the Nuffield Trust and what on the Radcliffe Infirmary will recur - comments on provision of enlarged department of Morbid Anatomy - cannot work in Oxford without members of his team - comments on this - Alan Gregg of the Rockefeller Foundation is coming to Oxford in February - would be good to have made some progress with detailed plans before consulting Gregg - sympathetic attitude towards voluntary staff will help to gain cooperation of the Radcliffe Infirmary - Early and Hyde are to meet Radcliffe Infirmary staff in January to discuss possibility of lending beds to the Nuffield departments.
Extent2pp
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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