§ 53. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Health whether he will require hospital committees to give nurses an automatic right to be accompanied by a friend when they are summoned to appear before them on disciplinary questions; and whether he will make a statement on conditions of employment and of dismissal of nurses by hospital committees.
§ Mr. PowellHospital authorities are so required. Nurses' conditions of employment are governed generally by agreements of the Nurses and Midwives Whitley Council. Their appointment and dismissal rest with the employing authority.