Nurses

HC Deb 06 June 1957 vol 571 cc153-5W

Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form the number of nurses engaged on the

for 1950, 1954, and 1956, respectively.

Mr. Vosper

Following are the figures in terms of annual expenditure:

ambulances available, the average cost per patient, and the average number of miles per patient, for the years 1950, 1956, throughout the country, in the city of Birmingham, Newcastle-on-Tyne and in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, respectively.

Mr. Vosper

The information is as follows:

average per patient, the hours on duty, the payment received and the grades of nurses, respectively, in the hospitals of London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Stoke-on-Trent.

Mr. Vosper

All the details asked for could not be obtained without an unjustified expenditure of time and labour, but I am writing to the hon. Member giving him such information as is readily available.