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Access Funds, applications rejected/withdrawn'. File of UMDS Registrar, containing applications and related correspondence, from students applying for access funds to relieve financial hardship, 1990-1991.

Correspondence, background information and draft reports relating to formal visits to Greek psychiatric hospitals by members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), including John Gunn, CLOSED for review 2073

Papers relating to cases of hysteria in females diagnosed and treated at the Maudsley Hospital, including manuscript notes summarising investigations; charts containing alphabetical patient lists indicating the severity of the condition of patients upon admission and since their discharge; typescript lists of cases to be investigated; typescript notes of follow up assessments of patients by Margery Seward; correspondence between staff at the Maudsley Hospital, patients and relatives of patients concerning the whereabouts of the patient in order that follow up studies could be undertaken; letters from various patients describing the severity of their condition since receiving treatment for hysteria. This file is CLOSED, for review in 2037.

Papers relating to cases of hysteria in males diagnosed and treated at the Maudsley Hospital, including manuscript notes summarising investigations; charts containing alphabetical patient lists indicating the severity of the condition of patients upon admission and since their discharge; typescript lists of cases to be investigated; typescript notes of follow up assessments of patients by Margery Seward; correspondence between staff at the Maudsley Hospital, patients and relatives of patients concerning the whereabouts of the patient in order that follow up studies could be undertaken; letters from various patients describing the severity of their condition since receiving treatment for hysteria. This file is currently CLOSED, for review in 2037.

50s and 60s education and training'.Matron's file containing letters and memoranda relating to nurse education and training including notice for Dulwich Introductory Courses students visit to King's College Hospital, Dec 1964; list of school leavers, names and education details, interested in careers in nursing, Aug 1964; arrangements for student nurses to be transferred to Dulwich Hospital, Jun 1964; notice of Sisters' Study Days, Sep 1966; St Giles Hospital Principal Tutor's report of students passed, 1967-1968; programme for First Line Management Course, St Giles Hospital, Jun 1968; nursing students ward allocation list, Sep 1969; GNC notice of reorganisation of the assessment of pupil nurses as from and including the autumn 1969 assessment, May 1969; names of student representatives, Jul 1970. Also contains Sister Tutor's list of clerical duties [1952].

Case notes, patient histories and correspondence relating to long-term chronically ill patients under Cicely Saunders' care, St Joseph's Hospice. File includes: a transcribed conversation between Saunders and a patient; Hospice newsletters, 1960; related published articles, including a copy of The Almoner journal, April 1962. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2037.

1960s- admin and clerical (including sickness certificates and accident forms)'. King's College Hospital Sister Matron's file relating to nursing administrative staff, including sickness certificates; notices concerning vaccination; holiday arrangements, 1960-1969. Also contains notes on Matron's work programme, Mar 1960; and National Health Service circulars.

Staffing'. File of Frederick Arthur Tubbs, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Librarian, containing papers related to employment of library staff and library staff salaries, including cutting relating to employment of graduates, advertisements for library posts; correspondence between the Finance Officer and Librarian concerning staff resignations and employment; copies of resignation letters from library staff; and related papers.

Correspondence, clinical statistics, charts and reports, memoranda, financial statements, notes, articles and press cuttings relating to South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board (SEMRHB, renamed South East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1974). Files include: correspondence with J R C Burton-Brown, member of the SEMRHB medical advisory board, concerning plans for a terminal cancer care centre, 1964-1966; correspondence and arrangements for admissions of patients referred by SEMRHB, 1968-1972); statistical data on cancer patients, January 1968; letters relating to arrangement for individual patients referred to the hospice from by SEMRHB and to visits to the Hospice by SEMRHB members; funding negotiations; requests for additional funding, 1974-1975; staff appointments, with attached CVs; correspondence relating to the incorporation of the hospice into the General Professional Training Scheme. Personal data in the files is CLOSED for review 2092.

Correspondence, completed applications and notes relating to the post of housekeeper/caterer at St Christopher's Hospice. File includes sensitive personal data CLOSED for review 2067.

G/N3/2 - Nursing Staff Health'.House Governor's file relating to the incidence of sickness amongst nursing staff at King's College Hospital, St Francis and St Giles Hospitals and provision of the nurses health service, Mar 1966-Nov 1974. Also contains sick notes for some staff.

Correspondence and related papers concerning staff of King's College London, chiefly Canon Sydney Evans, Dean of King's College London, and Rev Prof Gordon Dunstan, on topics including: visits to King's, theological papers; invitations to give talks at St Christopher's Hospice; invitations to King's events. Also draft articles, including 'A theologian's reflections on some areas of surgical practice', by Dunstan, 1969. Sensitive personal data in the file is CLOSED for review 2063.

Correspondence and related papers concerning fundraising and the formal opening of the Albertine Centre, a new St Christopher's Hospice building incorporating the hospice's Home Care department and Day Centre. File includes correspondence relating to fundraising for the building, and arrangements and invitations for the opening ceremony. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review 2071.

Correspondence, CVs, completed application forms and references relating to applications for the position of Bursar, St Christopher's Hospice. File includes sensitive personal data, CLOSED for review 2067.

Meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, draft manuscripts and articles relating to St Christopher's Research Committee, chiefly to the work of the drug trials sub-committee, 1967-1980. File includes: initial correspondence with the Ministry of Health, 1967, concerning the establishment of the Research Committee; correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Colin Murray Parkes, 1967-1968, about the new committee and its members, with a draft social history questionnaire to be used in the hospice; interim and draft reports on diamorphine (heroin) trials conducted at the hospice by Dr Robert Twycross, including Twycross' articles, 'Choice of strong analgesic in terminal cancer: diamorphine or morphine?', published in Pain, 1977, and 'The effect of cocaine in the Brompton Cocktail', August 1978; CVs of candidates for the position of Research Fellow, 1978; minutes of a meeting of the Medical Research Council pain research co-ordination group, September 1980. Personal data in the second file is CLOSED for review in 2058.

Correspondence relating to Cicely Saunders' appearance on the BBC programme The Frost interview, broadcast September 1974, which also included a visit by presenter David Frost to St Christopher's Hospice. File includes correspondence relating to arrangements for the visit, information about patients interviewed, and subsequent letters received from viewers. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2058.

Correspondence, newsletters, articles, reports and printed material relating to motor neurone disease (MND), including: correspondence, memoranda and case notes, 1967-1969, concerning an MND patient under Cicely Saunders care at St Joseph's Hospice; meeting papers for a case conference concerning an MND patient, St Thomas' Hospital, November 1977; correspondence with patients and their families, 1980-1985, relating to the MND Association, including its newsletter; correspondence with Barbara Wilson relating to Wilson's 1982 British Medical Journal article on her husband's MND and his care; draft and final text of a report, ' Motor neurone disease in a hospice: a review of 100 cases; by Saunders, Dr Thomas Walsh and Mary Smith, 1980; an article by D H Summers, 'Motor neurone disease', published in Nursing Times, January 1981. Files are CLOSED for review, 2092

Correspondence, reports, meeting papers, brochures and off print articles relating to the Royal College of Physicians. File includes: papers relating to Cicely Saunders' election to membership, 1968; her election to a Fellowship, 1974; nominations and comments on prospective members; correspondence, with presidents Sir Douglas Black and Sir Raymond Hoffenberg; text of Sir Douglas Black's annual address, April 1982. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2032.

Papers chiefly relating to a trust created by former nurse Elizabeth Clark (1938-1977), a member of the Sainsbury family, to be used for the care of the dying, notably the redevelopment of the Hostel of God (later renamed Trinity Hospice), Clapham, London. File includes: correspondence, 1968-1977, with Elizabeth Clark, chiefly concerning her donations to St Christopher's Hospice; grant applications made to the Trust by individual nurses, with additional comments by Cicely Saunders; legal papers; meeting papers; financial statements; correspondence between Saunders and her fellow trustees, including David Sainsbury (brother). File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2075.

CLOSED- private information of nurse candidates

Correspondence and related papers concerning the fourth national Cancer Care symposium, 'Catastrophic illness in the Seventies: critical issues and complex decisions', Baltimore, 1970, including draft and final text of Cicely Saunders' speech, 'The patient's response to treatment', with details of named patients. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2058.