The date of the first meeting of the Admission, Inpatient Care and Discharge Committee was October 26, 1976. The committee changed its name to the Admission & Discharge Committee in 1978 and adopted a new constitution in November 1990 (File SF2: 13.56). The committee changed its name for the last time in 1991 to the Inpatient Care Committee.

The Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee was responsible for developing policy recommendations and methods of monitoring and assessing the effects of policy changes relating to the admission, care and discharge of in-patients at PMH. Initially, the committee had two subcommittees: the Admissions Subcommittee (of which there are no records in the Archives) and the Inpatient Care Subcommittee (one binder of which is described in subseries SF2: 13A).

Some of the functions of the Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee included:
• Developing and monitoring policies for: the admission of in-patients, the delivery of in-patient care, and the discharge of in-patients.
• Developing and monitoring policies for managing cardiac arrests in the hospital.
• Establishing and maintaining a quality assurance programme for all aspects of in-patient care.

The Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee met monthly at least ten times a year; and reported to the Medical Advisory Committee at least three times a year.

The Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee membership included: two representatives from the Department of Medicine, two representatives from the Department of Radiation Oncology, and two representatives from the Department of Nursing.

J.W. Meakin was the chair of the Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee from 1976 to 1978. Subsequent chairs of the Admission & Discharge Committee were H.A. Bean (1978-1987), R. Hasselback (1987-1988), and I. Quirt (1988-1991). Subsequent chairs of the Inpatient Care Committee were R. Feld (1991-1993) and J. Lipton (1993-1995).