HC Deb 19 December 1969 vol 793 cc467-8W
Mr. Goodhew

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of complaints alleging breach of service by general medical practitioners were

which ward sisters are responsible is not centrally collected. The ratio between the number of beds and the number of nurses graded as ward sisters does not represent the average number of beds for which a ward sister is responsible, because some ward sisters are employed in pairs on a shift system and some nurses graded as ward sisters are not employed on wards.