HC Deb 17 December 1948 vol 459 c223W
3. Mr. Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement about the future of the Army Nursing Services.

Mr. Shinwell

Yes. His Majesty The King has intimated that as soon as the Army and Air Force (Women's Service) Act has been brought into operation, he will be pleased to constitute the existing Army Nursing Services, namely, the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and its Reserve, and the Territorial Army Nursing Service, a Corps of the Army, with the title Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.