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Cash in Hand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Morgan ,
A. J. Cheadle  and
P. W. J. Staples
R. Morgan
Affiliation:
St. Wulstan's Hospital, Malvern, Worcs.
A. J. Cheadle
Affiliation:
St. Wulstan's Hospital, Malvern, Worcs.
P. W. J. Staples
Affiliation:
St. Wulstan's Hospital, Malvern, Worcs.
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Despite the Department of Health and Social Security's disclaimer in paragraph 10 of H.M. 71/90, the earnings of psychiatric patients for work done in hospital were effectively limited to a maximum of £2 between the years 1958 and 1972. The progressive decline in the value of money during this period led to mounting agitation for the limit to be raised (e.g. Wansbrough, 1971, p. 29). Hospitals were notified of the decision to raise the limit in a letter (reference no. DS. 214/72) from D.H.S.S. dated August 1972, the first paragraph of which reads: ‘The National Insurance Act 1972 raises the maximum amount a person may earn whilst in receipt of National Insurance benefit from £2.00 to £4.50 a week for work carried out under medical supervision as part of his treatment as a patient of a hospital or similar institution. This takes effect from 5th October 1972.’

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 582 , May 1974 , pp. 487 - 493
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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