§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for the Social Services what were the names of the two nurses who resigned from Ockenden Hospital following the inquiry into the beating of a patient there last year; and whether either of these nurses is now employed in any other hospital in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. CrossmanMy information is that neither of these nurses is now in National Health Service employment. It would be contrary to established practice to publish the names of persons who have been disciplined not for an offence but for a shortcoming in the performance of their duties.