§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many managers have now been appointed for district health authorities; and of these how many were nurses.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeTo date, 166 of the 191 district health authorities have appointed general managers, three of whom are nurses. In addition, one of the 13 regional general managers appointed so far is a nurse. We remain convinced of the vital need to attract and appoint nurses of the required management ability to posts in general management. We are pressing authorities to continue to pay particular attention to this as they move towards filling general manager posts at unit level.