| Description | Hard bound binder holding loose printed sheets of minutes of meetings of the visiting committee, the 'Friends of the Royal Hospital Committee' and the patients' welfare committee. Minutes of meetings of the visiting committee for the period 6 April 1973 until 9 March 1979 refer primarily to internal hospital management and efficiency matters. Main topics of discussion include food quality, laundry operation and patient leave. Meeting topics are numbered and listed in margins. Binder also includes minutes of meetings of the friends of royal hospital for the period 23 October 1978 until 1 November 1982. Minutes refer to the fundraising activities of the committee, such as a sale of work and garden party, and the organisational efforts to achieve same. Binder also includes minutes of the patients' welfare committee including the minutes of their inaugural meeting on 6 April 1979 until 5 September 1983. The minutes record activities associated primarily with the overall promotion of the wellbeing of patients and refer to matters such as the role of volunteers, employment of a social worker, maintenance of the grounds, management of bequests and pastoral care. Topic headings are listed in margins. See also RHD/1/5/6 and RHD/1/5/7 for minutes of meetings of 'Friends of the Royal Hospital Committee' and the patients' welfare committee respectively. |