§ Mr. F. Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to meet the acute shortage of trained nurses in hospitals under the control of the Swindon and District Hospital Management Committee.
§ Mr. TurtonThe Hospital Management Committee, on which the initial responsibility rests, is taking the following steps to increase the number of trained nurses, (a) advertisement, (b) the training of student nurses, (c) the institution of a cadet training scheme which is making a useful contribution to the recruitment of student nurses, (d) planning, in co-operation with the Ministry of Labour and National Service, a nursing exhibition at Swindon for next October similar to the one held last autumn, (e) notifying vacancies to the local office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.