HC Deb 06 May 1988 vol 132 cc655-6W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to monitor(a) the assessments being carried out by health authorities for the nurses' and midwives' clinical grading review and (b) the funding implications of those assessments.

Mr. Newton

Implementation of the new clinical grading structure, including monitoring of assessments for consistency and of cost implications, will be among the matters to be covered in guidance we expect to issue shortly. This will be supplemented by visits from officials and by returns from health authorities showing how many staff have been allocated from each existing grade to each new one.