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A state of insubordination and mutiny

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. D. M. Douglas  and
E. G. Oram
A. D. M. Douglas
Affiliation:
Nottingham
E. G. Oram
Affiliation:
Nottingham
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A strike involving nursing staff prior to the 1948 National Health Service Act was almost an unheard of event. In 1922 nurses at Saxondale, an 800 bedded mental hospital at Radcliffe-on-Trent near Nottingham, staged what was termed a “sit in strike” lasting four days for refusing to work a 66 hour week and accept a wage reduction as ordered by the employing authority.

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Sketches from the history of psychiatry
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , May 1990 , pp. 302 - 305
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

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