§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the First Lord of the Admiralty why regular naval nursing sisters were omitted from the recent general increase of pay for all officers and men in the Navy, in view of the official standing order that they are to be regarded as officers of the hospitals, taking a position immediately after the surgeons?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe question of an increase in the pay of naval nursing sisters is being considered, and proposals on the subject will shortly be submitted to the Board. The nursing sisters are engaged and paid on a quasi-civil basis, and their1166W pay is separately dealt with from that of naval officers, though, as my hon. and gallant Friend points out, they are given the status of officers in hospitals and similar establishments.