§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Health what are the ratios between the maximum salaries of male and female state enrolled nurses now, and at 1st February, 1949; what would be the ratios assuming that the senior grade of state enrolled nurse had already come into operation; and what are the equivalent figures in each case, allowing for the change in the value of the £ sterling.
§ Sir B. StrossThe ratios are shown in the table below. Those for the senior enrolled nurse compare the current maximum salary of that new grade with the maximum salaries of the state enrolled nurse in 1949. The adjustments for the change in the value of the £ sterling have been made on the basis of movements in the Ministry of Labour Index of Retail Prices.
Ratios1964–1949 Ratios1964–1949 after allowance for change in value of pound sterling General Hospitals Enrolled Nurse (female) 1.74:1 0.98:1 Enrolled Nurse (male) 1.68:1 0.94:1 Senior Enrolled Nurse (female) 1.96:1 0.10:1 Senior Enrolled Nurse (male) 1.88:1 1.06:1