§ 4. Mr. ERNEST BROWNasked the Home Secretary the number of hospital officers, male and female, in the prison service; how many, in each case, are registered by the General Nursing Council as ordinary nurses or as mental nurses; and at what prisons, if any, are hospital principal officers appointed who have not qualified for State registration?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAs the answer to this question contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ There are 130 men hospital officers and 10 women hospital officers in the prison service; of the men, 38 are registered by the General Nursing Council as nurses, nine as mental nurses, and six are registered under both heads; none of the women are registered. There are, however, 33 fully trained women nurses employed in the prison service, all of whom are State registered, 31 being on the general register and two on the register of mental nurses.
§ At the following prisons the hospital principal officer is not registered: Men: Birmingham, Brixton, Liverpool, Manchester, Parkhurst, Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs; Women: Liverpool, Manchester and Portland Borstal Institution.