§ Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of student nurses at each of the hospitals in Hull; and what steps the Leeds Regional Hospital Board is taking to improve the recruitment of staff for Sutton Annexe Hospital, Hull.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonThe numbers on 31st March were:
Hull Royal Infirmary 34 Hull Royal Infirmary (Sutton) 44 Kingston General Hospital 111 Western General Hospital 46 Victoria Children's Hospital 44 The recruitment of nursing staff is primarily the responsibility of the management committee, but among the measures taken by the regional board to assist the Hull "A" Hospital Management Committee are frequent help by the regional nursing officer, including help in the preparation of an assistant nurse training scheme which is now being considered by the management committee; talks to schools and organisations in the Hull area by the board's specially appointed nursing recruitment officer; and visits to schools with a mobile nursing exhibition. An exhibition and nurse recruitment campaign is planned for the city of Hull later this year.