HC Deb 18 May 1971 vol 817 c250W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in view of the fact that trained nurses within the National Health Service are being offered salaries of at least £3,700 per annum for a five-day week, with double pay on public holidays, by representatives from American hospitals, if he will take steps to review the salaries of nurses with a view to discouraging a loss of nurses from the National Health Service to the United States of America.

Sir K. Joseph

No. Nurses' salaries are a matter for the Whitley Council, and revised scales of pay were introduced as recently as 1st April, 1971.