§ 30. Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what medical posts in the British West Indies calling for recruitment from Great Britain remain unfilled at the latest available date.
§ Mr. J. AmeryVacancies number 32; and six candidates have so far been selected against them. With permission, I will circulate details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopIs the Under-Secretary aware that there is very great anxiety about the lack of recruits coming forward, and would he not do something both to review the financial terms of the appointments and also look at the possibility of joining the Colonial Medical Service in some way with our own National Health Service in order to give some greater sense of security to those who apply?
§ Mr. TilneyWould my hon. Friend bear in mind the need to make proleptic appointments in this country, thereby increasing the supply?
§ The following are the details:
| Total | |
| Barbados | |
| 1 Assistant Radiologist | 4 |
| 2 Medical Officers of Health | |
| 1 Registrar-Medical | |
| British Guiana | |
| 1 Pathologist | 4 |
| 1 Medical Superintendent Mental Hospital | |
| 1 Obstetrician and Gynaecologist | |
| 1 Surgeon | |
| British Honduras | |
| 2 Medical Officers | 2 |
| Jamaica | |
| 1 Surgeon | 7 |
| 1 Bacteriologist | |
| 1 Assistant Bacteriologist | |
| 4 Medical Officers | |
| Leewards | |
| 1 Medical Officer | 1 |
| Trinidad | |
| 4 Medical Officers (Grade C) | 10 |
| 4 Medical Officers (Grade B) | |
| 1 Pathologist | |
| 1 Medical Officer of Health (Grade A) | |
| Windwards | |
| 4 Medical Officers | 4 |
| 32 |