§ 38. Mr. Medlicottasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that male nurses in mental hospitals are finding it difficult to gain experience of general nursing so as to enable them to qualify for the General Nursing Certificate; and if he will arrange for greater numbers of male nurses from mental hospitals to be loaned to general hospitals for suitable periods.
§ Mr. BevanI am aware of the difficulty, and in January my Department issued a circular to hospital owning authorities and voluntary hospitals recommending more general employment of male nurses and the introduction of facilities for training where they do not already exist. I have also commended to local authorities and visiting committees the recommendation 212 of the Mental Nurses sub-committee of the Rushcliffe Committee with regard to the secondment of mental nurses for general training.