HC Deb 27 October 1949 vol 468 cc182-3W
90. Mr. Price-White

asked the Minister of Health what assistance is granted to student nurses in respect of their proceeding to their homes on vacation during training; and what differentiation is made between student nurses joining hospitals through the Ministry of Labour and those who do so by direct personal application to hospitals.

Mr. Bevan

Holiday travel allowances are given by the Ministry of Health only to ex-Service student nurses taking special intensive courses of training at a few selected hospitals. I understand that, under a general transference scheme which applies to all classes of workers placed in vacancies of the first importance and urgency, student nurses placed away from home by the Ministry of Labour qualify for a return railway warrant to their homes twice yearly at a cost of 7s. 6d. on each occasion. These arrangements will shortly be reconsidered.