HC Deb 18 March 1960 vol 619 cc137-8W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Health what negotiations there have been between the Management Side of the Whitley Council for Nurses and Mid-wives, and those medical bodies concerned with the nursing of the tuberculous, namely, the British Tuberculosis Association, the Joint Tuberculous Council and the appropriate section of the British Medical Association, with regard to the

respectively; and in how many cases spectacles were not prescribed.

Miss Pitt

The figures are as follows:

discontinuation of the allowance of £30 per annum to those engaged in nursing tuberculous patients; and what was the outcome of these negotiations.

Miss Pitt

I understand there have been no such negotiations.

Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Health if he will continue the payment of a special allowance of £30 per annum to nursing staff employed in the nursing of tuberculous patients in view of the recognised risk to the health of such nurses.

Miss Pitt

This is a matter in the first place for the Nurses and Midwives Whitley Council. The allowance is not, however, given on health risk grounds.