§ 65. Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to ensure that the salary scales of psychatric social workers employed in the hospital service in general, and in the adult psychiatric hospital service in 15W particular, are raised to the level obtainable by psychiatric social workers outside the hospital service.
§ Mr. SnowPay of psychiatric social workers in the hospital service is a matter in the first instance for the Whitley Council and I understand that negotiations on a pay claim are in progress.
§ 66. Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the numbers of psychiatric social workers employed in psychiatric hospitals, excluding those working in child psychiatry units, is decreasing; and what steps he will take to reverse this trend.
§ Mr. SnowWe have no separate figures for adult psychiatry, but the latest hospital returns show that total numbers, expressed in whole time equivalents, increased in the year ending 30th September, 1966.