§ 55. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Health in what hospitals in the North-East Metropolitan Region there is a shortage of trained nursing staff; how many beds are not used in consequence; and what progress has been made in recent years in overcoming the deficiency.
§ Mr. BraineMost hospitals in the Region would like to employ more, but it is not possible to distinguish beds closed for lack of trained staff; between September, 1958, and September, 1963, the number of whole-time trained nurses rose from 3,189 to 3,453 and of part-time from 857 to 1,293.