HC Deb 04 April 1978 vol 947 c98W
29. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for to Services what steps he, is taking to remedy the shortage of qualified theatre-trained nurses in view of the number of State registered and State enrolled nurses at Present unemployed.

Mr. Moyle

Information on the number of vacancies for qualified theatre-trained nurses is not available centrally. I am aware that this is not an easy area to recruit and I am glad to say that the numbers of registered and en-rolled nurses attending the Joint Board of Clinical Waging Studies courses on theatre nursing has steadily increased.