§ 6. Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last met senior representatives from the units of managements within the Eastern and Southern health and social services boards to discuss anomalies resulting from the implementation of the clinical grading review for nurses and midwives.
§ Mr. NeedhamI have not had any such meetings.
§ Mr. Jim MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish details of grades issued before commencement of the appeal procedure as a result of the clinical grading review, giving a breakdown of all grades(a) on a Northern Ireland basis, (b) on an area board basis, (c) on a unit of management basis and (d) on a hospital basis.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 21 December 1988]: Details of the grading outcomes for nursing staff covered by the clinical grading review for Northern Ireland are as follows:
Northern Ireland 1 Numbers of staff and percentage movement to each grade Percentage Numbers A. 17 2,622 B. 1 154 C. 12 1,851 D. 16 2,468 E. 32 4,935 F. 4 617 G. 14 2,159 H. 2 308 I. 2 308 Staff in post wholetime equivalent align="right">— align="right">15,422 1 Includes staff employed by the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland. For the grading outcomes on an area board basis, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question by the hon. Member for Belfast, South (Rev. Martin Smyth) on 9 December 1988.
Information on a unit of management and hospital basis is not held centrally.