§ 59. Mr. R. Harrisasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that some regional hospital boards are economising by advertising nursing posts for which they state that the holding of the B.T.A. certificate is desirable but not essential; and whether this practice has been approved by his Department.
§ Mr. Iain MacLeodThe practice referred to is related not to economy but to the shortage of nurses holding the certificate of the British Tuberculosis Association, and it does not require the approval of my Department.