§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Health (1) how many local authorities are below their establishment of dental officers and what is their total current deficiency;
(2) how many recently graduated dentists entered local authorities service full time during 1961, or the last convenient period; and how many full-time dentists retired from that service in the same period;
(3) how many local authority dental officers attended refresher courses in treatment, planning, prevention and organisation during 1961, or the last convenient 12-monthly period.
§ Miss PittI regret that national figures are not available.
Grade Per annum Weekly pay £ £ £ s. d. £ s. d. Senior Hospital Medical Officer … 2,000- 2,700 38 9 3- 51 18 5 Matron … 961- 1,129 18 8 7- 21 13 0 Ward sister … 656- 840 12 11 7- 16 2 2 Charge nurse … 656- 840 12 11 7- 16 2 2 Staff nurse … 525- 656 10 1 4- 12 11 7 State enrolled nurse … 452- 578 8 13 4- 11 1 8 Student nurse. … 299- 336 5 14 8- 6 8 11 Pupil nurse … 299- 315 5 14 8- 6 0 10 Nursing auxiliaries … 420- 525 8 1 1- 10 1 4 Ward orderly (female) … 7 6 6 Cleaner … 6 18 6 Porters … 9 9 8 Gardener … 10 10 8 Boiler stokers. … 10 12 8 Head cook … 11 4 8 Cook … 8 14 6 Assistant cook … 7 14 6 All grades except the Senior Hospital Medical Officer receive a 50 per cent. addition to pay while on smallpox duties and the ancillary grades are also eligible for other additions to pay e.g. overtime