HC Deb 30 November 1971 vol 827 cc57-8W
Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the adequacy of the nursing strength at St. James's Hospital, Portsmouth.

Mr. Alison

The ratio of nursing staff to beds at St. James's Hospital, Portsmouth is above the average for psychiatric hospitals in the Wessex Region and the country as a whole.

The nursing staff establishments of hospitals in the region are determined by the hospital management committees concerned, which are free to recruit nurses within the financial allocations made to them by the regional hospital board.