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Canley
1 of 29  Fri 4th Apr 2014 2:44pm  

My father was in Leigh House for a time after a mental breakdown. After he was discharged he spent a few weeks at a sanatorium in Dawlish courtesy of the Hospital Saturday Fund.
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David H
Lancashire
2 of 29  Sat 5th Apr 2014 1:07pm  

This is the convalescent home in Dawlish used by the Hospital Saturday Fund.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
3 of 29  Sat 5th Apr 2014 2:43pm  

Hi everyone, I am sure they have one in Golders Green too, as my mum in law went there when she worked at the Co-op in Corporation Street. Wave
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TonyS
Coventry
4 of 29  Sat 5th Apr 2014 4:00pm  

On 5th Apr 2014 1:07pm, David H said: This is the convalescent home in Dawlish used by the Hospital Saturday Fund.
Thanks for that David, my own father had cause to be sent there a couple of times. I used to wonder what it looked like Thumbs up
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
5 of 29  Sat 30th Aug 2014 3:01pm  

On 30th Aug 2014 7:52am, TonyS said (on another thread): That's true Dreamtime. I seem to recall, when I was quite young, my father going to Dawlish on two occasions to convalesce. Would it have been somewhere like "The Hospital Saturday Fund" who sent him? And did they own accommodation there, or did they just use local B&B's I wonder?
I do believe you are right Tony. My inlaws worked at the Co-op and it was arranged through that when my mum in law went to recuperate after her op. I can remember vaguely it being a large country house and when we walked in the gardens there were loads of squirrels out there. The Hospital Saturday Fund would have been a sort of insurance that you paid into I presume, they must have thought it worth while as my father in law used the service too at a later date. Would you know why it was called 'Saturday'?

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scrutiny
coventry
6 of 29  Sat 30th Aug 2014 3:31pm  

Hello Dreamtime, the fund was founded in 1873. Payday then was on a Saturday so they called it the Hospital Saturday Fund. Thumbs up Forgot to mention, you paid a small nominal amount out of your wages each week. I was in it myself but never used it.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
7 of 29  Sat 30th Aug 2014 4:46pm  

Thank you scrutiny, I don't know why, but I never thought about it at the time, probably thought we would never need it. I suppose the alternative would be to get well and press on regardless. Roll eyes Wave
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scrutiny
coventry
8 of 29  Sat 30th Aug 2014 4:59pm  

Hi Dreamtime, the HSF by-passed the NHS. You could see a specialised in a very short time in London. They arranged transport. If you needed hospital treatment you were in almost straight way. Also convalecence, it covered the family as well. It is still going. Thumbs up
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
9 of 29  Sun 31st Aug 2014 12:53pm  

Sounds like the same here but we call it a private health fund, mine is HBF, Hospital Benefit Fund, same thing, we pay into it each month, and you do get attention sooner. Perfect as long as you can afford it. All that aside, my two kids (all grown up now of course) always decided to break their bones during the school holidays, never failed! Roll eyes
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carol131050
coventry
10 of 29  Tue 17th Feb 2015 7:48pm  

Can anybody help. A man by the name of Ernest Clifford Adey wrote a booklet I think was named From Little Acorns Grow. Telling the history of Cov & Warwickshire Saturday Hospital Fund
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Norman Conquest
Allesley
11 of 29  Tue 17th Feb 2015 8:02pm  

It's for sale on Amazon here
Just old and knackered

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TonyS
Coventry
12 of 29  Wed 18th Feb 2015 7:16am  

... although the copy on Amazon is written by Mike Wendland - and bears no insight as to it's content (?) PS. Wasn't it known as the "Hospital Saturday Fund"?
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NormK
bulkington
13 of 29  Wed 18th Feb 2015 8:14am  

Does anyone know why it was called "Saturday" Roll eyes

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
14 of 29  Wed 18th Feb 2015 8:29am  

Hi NormK, Wave Yes. In the days when it was a cash benefit, the payment was made to the patients on a Saturday. This was at a time when social service benefits were non existent or very thin at best, so for someone incapacitated, it was a time of real hardship. As works sick pay along with state provided sick pay, became available, so the Hospital Saturday Fund need changed into a part payment benefit for dental treatment, or spectacle costs. It did forge links with other charities such as the Nuffield Trust & Manor charities, who even had their own sponsored hospitals such as the Whittington*** in London. About thirty years ago when industrial companies were providing perks such as private health care, the Coventry Hospital Saturday fund joined BUPA, I believe, but I need clarification on that. Can anyone help? Wave *** The Whittington started as a ladies charitable hospital, along with a merger with a former asylum.
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Midland Red

15 of 29  Wed 18th Feb 2015 9:47am  

On the right lines, Philip It became Mercia Health Benefits, which was acquired by Bupa and became Bupa Cash Plan - see this blog It still operates out of Dale Buildings, Cook Street And we're still in it! Thumbs up
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