HC Deb 24 February 1958 vol 583 c7W
59. Mr. Mitchison

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the approaching retirement of the area matron of the Kettering General Hospital raises staffing problems of some urgency; and when he expects to reach a decision on the scheme for re-organisation of nursing administration submitted by the Kettering and District Hospital Management Committee to the Oxford Regional Board and by the Regional Board to him.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Yes, I have been asked to approve a salary in excess of the agreed Whitley Council rate for one of the posts of matron under the scheme of re-organisation, which otherwise does not require my approval. One of my officers will shortly visit the hospitals concerned to assess the responsibilities of the post in question.