§ 42. Mr. W. THORNEasked the Minister of Health if it is his intention to hold an inquiry into the circumstances of the dismissal of the general medical officer of the women's section of the Park Prewitt Mental Institution, Basingstoke, which resulted in the wholesale resignation of the staff?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer is in the negative. The dismissal of the medical officer in question is primarily a matter for the local authority by whom he was employed. As regards the alleged wholesale resignation of the female staff, I am informed that out of a total staff of 138 only 32 resigned, and that on the 1st of this month the female nursing staff was only six below the normal strength.