HC Deb 11 July 1978 vol 953 cc461-2W
24. Mr. Stan Crowther

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will introduce a system of inducement payments into the salary structure of National Health Service hospital consultants in areas where shortages are causing unreasonably long delays in carrying out necessary operations.

Mr. Moyle

The new contract proposals, which have now been accepted in principle by the professions, provide for appointments to be made to the top of the consultant salary scale in posts which prove hard to fill.