§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by what means nurses and members of the public are informed about proposed changes in hospital staffing, when these are not reported by newspapers.
§ Mr. CrossmanIt is for the responsible hospital authority to arrange for nurses to be informed about staffing changes in particular hospitals which 82W affect them. The professional and staff associations are consulted on national changes of staffing policy and have their own channels of communication with their members. Reports which recommend major national changes in staffing structure (such as that of the Salmon Committee) are published and available through Her Majesty's Stationery Office and widely discussed in professional journals on sale to nurses and interested members of the public. My Department also brings them to the attention of hospital authorities who make their own arrangements to inform their staffs on matters of interest to them.