§ 60. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Health the estimated number of unused beds and shortage of nursing staff in hospitals serving outer north-east Greater London; and how many of that aggregate staff are part-time.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithBetween 800 and 850 beds in these hospitals are unoccupied through lack of staff. The hospital authorities estimate that to staff these hospitals to a fully satisfactory standard they would like the equivalent of 950 additional full-time nurses and midwives; individual vacancies are filled by either full-time or part-time staff at their discretion.