§ Mrs. Hardieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can make a statement about the appointment of a Scottish committee on nurses' salaries?
Mr. JohnstonI have appointed Lord Craigmyle to be chairman of the committee which I am setting up for the purpose of drawing up, as soon as possible, agreed scales of salaries and emoluments for State registered nurses employed in Scotland in hospitals, including mental hospitals, and in the public health services, including the service of district nursing, and for student nurses in hospitals approved as training schools by the General Nursing Council for Scotland. 1513W The committee will consist of two panels, one representing employers and the other representing employees, of equal numbers. The following organisations have been invited to appoint representatives to these panels:
Employers' Panel.
Scottish Committee of the British Hospitals Association.
Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland.
Association of County Councils in Scotland.
Association of Councils of the Counties of Cities in Scotland.
Royal Asylums in Scotland.
Queen's Institute of District Nursing.
Employees' Panel.
Royal College of Nursing.
Scottish Trades Union Congress.
National Association of Local Government Officers.
Scottish Matrons' Association.
Royal British Nursing Association.