Mr. David Adamsasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the certainty that hospitals and nursing homes will experience even greater difficulty in the near future than is now the case in obtaining a supply of suitable nurses and domestics, he will initiate a State nursing service, including nurses and domestics for all types of military and civilian hospitals for at least the duration of the war?
§ Mr. ElliotI do not think that the situation warrants the establishment of such a State service. The nursing staff is being reinforced for war purposes by the Civil Nursing Reserve, whilst volunteers recruited by such bodies as Women's Voluntary Services are available to augment the paid domestic staff.