§ Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Health whether he has considered paragraph 29 of the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Accounts of 1953–54 of Regional Hospital Boards, &c.; and whether, in view of these comments, he will now take steps to employ some officers of the professional accountant class in the Civil Service to guide hospital authorities in connection with store accounting and inventory procedures.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI do not think my hon. Friend's suggestion would help. Adequate guidance has already been given at various times to hospital authorities on these matters, and progress has been made and is continuing so far as the resources available permit.