§ Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to provide in-service training within the reorganised health service, in co operation with appropriate institutions, for hospital engineers desiring to reach chartered engineer level.
§ Mr. AlisonIn-service training for hospital engineers in accordance with the advice of the Advisory Committee on Hospital Engineering Training is aimed at improving the quality of engineering services at the hospital and group level. The desired qualification for hospital engineers is technical rather than chartered.
A studentship scheme leading to a degree in environmental engineering has recently been started. This is intended 497W mainly for school leavers, but it also offers opportunities to hospital engineers to obtain higher qualifications.