§ 88. Brigadier Medlicottasked the Minister of Health if, in view of the fact that nearly as many hospital beds are occupied by mental and mentally defective patients as for all other forms of illness put together, he is satisfied that the supply of nurses coming into mental hospital work is keeping up to current requirements.
§ Mr. BevanNo. I should like to see a greater number of nurses taking up work in mental hospitals and institutions for the mentally defective. The recruiting figures have, however, shown a slight improvement in the last 18 months.