§ 45. Dr. Winstanleyasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the rates of pay and terms and conditions of service at present being offered to kidney machine technicians are impeding recruitment and thereby hampering the working of artificial kidney units in many hospitals; and if he will take steps to ensure that the known dangers to health involved in this work are taken into consideration in determining rates of pay.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNo; a standard pattern of staffing in these new units is still being evolved, but I am urgently reviewing the duties required of the different grades of staff, including technicians, and will take all relevant factors into account in determining salary levels.