§ 33. Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland why the salaries and conditions of service of health visitors, domiciliary midwives and domiciliary nurses have been excluded from the consideration of the Whitley Council dealing with salaries in the nursing profession; and what action he intends to take to deal with the claims of the members of these excluded branches of this profession.
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. McNeil)Salaries and, conditions of service of these categories of nurses are not excluded from the consideration of the Whitley Council. As stated in reply to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire West (Mr. Spence) on 28th March last, a claim for salary increases has been rejected by the management side of the Council and is now awaiting arbitration by the Industrial Court.
Mr. MacdonaldWhat steps is the right hon. Gentleman taking to increase the salaries of those nurses above the rank of ward sister to prevent the anomalies which are now occurring in the nursing profession in Scotland?