HC Deb 10 December 1962 vol 669 cc2-3W
16 and 17. Mr. Loughlin

asked the Minister of Health (1) what were the ratios of nursing and other staff to patients on 12th November, 1962, in the Horton Road and Coney Hill, Gloucestershire, mental hospitals;

(2) what are the circumstances under which nursing staff and others employed at the Horton Road and Coney Hill, Gloucestershire, mental hospitals are to be dismissed; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Braine

The staffs are being reduced by 11 nurses—6 part-time, 4 pensionable—and 21 others in the interest of efficiency and good management. The ratios were about 1 to 4 and 1 to 5½ respectively.