Meetings were held roughly monthly, with meetings in January, February, March, May, July, September and November. They are arranged in the following order: minutes of the previous meeting, minutes of current meeting, agenda of current meeting, papers of current meeting.
Items addressed at every meeting are: the location of the meeting, attendees and apologies, matters arising, correspondence, Congress, membership matters, reports from committees, reports from national boards, use of the seal, membership numbers.
During 1964 the topics discussed by Council include:
Welfare of nurses in adversity
Honorary architects
Salmon Committee
Nurses and midwives Whitley Council
Royal patrons (congratulations to the Queen on the birth of Prince Edward)
Salmon Committee
Nursing staff ratios
A Reform of Nursing Education
Golden Jubilee 1966
Cowdray Club
Presidential chain of office
Pension provision
Determination of salaries for College staff
Accommodation - long term plans
Indexed.
This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: the original set is signed. This volume is kept in Store B.
The other set is a copy of the original, split into two volumes. One volume runs from 17 Jan to 21 May 1964, and the other from 16 Jul to 19 Nov 1964. These volumes are kept in Store A.