§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations took place with engineering and architectural staff in regional hospital boards prior to his publication on the reform of the National Health Service; and if, as a result, the staff are satisfied with career prospects.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellRegional hospital board engineers and architects were consulted through their professional associations, as were other professional groups in the health service. The comments received do not enable me to say what effect staff expect the changes to have on their career prospects, but I see no reason to assume that these will be any less satisfactory than at present.
§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the charge to each regional hospital board relating to engineering and architectural works on hospital developments in the years 1965 to 1970 inclusive for employees directly in the employ of the regional boards.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe figures are as follows: average conditions of contract of medical staff employed on part-time contracts is in the form of the average time spent on National Health Service work per part-time doctor expressed as a fraction of a whole-time contract. This information for staff in post at 30th September, 1969, is included in the tables published 175W in the OFFICIAL REPORT in reply to another question by the hon. Member today. The information for 1970 is not yet available.