HC Deb 19 December 1969 vol 793 cc475-6W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps are being taken to recruit part-time qualified nurses in the Basingstoke area for the new District General Hospital at each of its phases.

Dr. John Dunwoody

A comprehensive recruitment programme is being

Whole-time equivalent of whole-time and part-time staff in post
Trained Nurses in training Untrained
Hospital Staffed beds Allocated Nurses Midwives Student Nurses Pupil Nurses Pupil Midwives Auxiliaries Other Nursing Staff
SRNs SENs
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Orpington Hospital 517 91.4 46.2 78.0 60.2 73.1 2.7
Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup 352 79.1 16.5 30.8 118.0 38.0 43.8 4.2
Sidcup Cottage Hospital 14 4.7 3.3 4.1
Cray Valley Hospital 24 3.7 2.0 1.0 4.8 0.8
Sevenoaks Hospital 107 37.1 11.7 8.8 30.3 21.7
Emily Jackson Wing of Sevenoaks Hospital 45 9.3 4.4 12.6
Sundridge Hospital 119 9.3 3.5 130
Cray Valley and Sevenoaks Group 1,178 234.6 87.6 40.6 196.0 90.5 38.0 173.1 7.7
362.8 324.5 180.8

Note: Oak Lane Hospital is now closed.

Mr. Lubbock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the members of the Nursing Review Committee of the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.

Dr. John Dunwoody

This was anad hoc Committee which reported in 1965. Its members were:

Reverend Harcourt Samuel, O.B.E. (Chairman).

I. W. Matheson, Esq., F.R.C.S.

D. H. Mills, Esq., M.D.

Miss G. M. Bradley, S.R.N., R.M.N., S.C.M., R.M.P.A.

undertaken, including advertisements in the national, local and nursing Press, distribution of handbills, meetings with interested voluntary organisations, open days and exhibitions.