§ Major J. Morrisonasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the recently announced improved conditions for hospital service are being adopted at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar; and by what date the living conditions for staff at Haslar will have been brought up to the standard indicated by the Minister of Health.
Mr. AlexanderUnder the peacetime regulations, nursing sisters in Naval hospitals already enjoy in normal times conditions comparable with those recommended in the recent announcement, and I hope the coming year will see a rapid1296W return to peacetime conditions. With regard to the rest of the staff in Naval hospitals, apart from purely Naval personnel, circumstances are so different from those obtaining in civilian hospitals that a comprehensive review will be required to consider to what extent the recommendations of the Ministry of Health can be applied, as the wartime pressure eases off. This matter is receiving active consideration.