§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the evidence available to him that morale is improving in the National Health Service.
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§ Mr. Patrick JenkinMorale is clearly an intangible quality not directly measurable on the basis of evidence. My firm belief that morale in the National Health Service is improving rests on impressions formed by my many contacts with NHS staff in all parts of the country, by the support that I find for our plans for management changes to increase authority and responsibility at local level, and by the falling waiting lists.