§ Mr. Hutchinsonasked the Minister of Health whether he intends to recommend that the salary scales suggested in the first Report of the Nurses' Salaries Committee should be uniformly adopted by all hospital authorities, as unless such scales are nationally adopted, it will not be possible to bring to an end the undesirable competition for staff between different hospital authorities, which the scales recommended by the committee were intended to avoid.
§ Mr. WillinkMy predecessor commended the recommendations in the Committee's First Report to all hospital authorities on 11th February, 1943, the day when the Report was published. In a subsequent communication to hospital authorities, on 2nd December, 1943, I made it clear to the authorities that, like the Committee, I strongly deprecate competition for staff.