§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the lowest adult basic rates of pay for unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, clerical, secretarial, technical, scientific and other auxiliary workers in the hospital service; what action he is taking to improve these rates of pay with special reference to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonCurrent minimum rates of pay of hospital staff under the headings requested are:
field constituency would normally be referred to hospitals of the East Cheshire Hospital Management Committee. The number of persons on the waiting list of this group at 30th June, 1972, is as follows:
Specialty Number of Persons Waiting Admission General Medicine 3 General Surgery 716 Orthopaedic Surgery 327 Ear, Nose and Throat 213 Dental Surgery 47 Gynaecology 128 Geriatric 16 Ophthalmology 8 Total 1,458 Urgent cases are admitted without delay.