Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if his Department will provide the finance to health authorities to cover the recent pay increase for nurses and for new nurses recruited to meet shortages on establishment.
§ Mr. GristThe estimated additional cost of the review bodies' recommendations, which the Government have agreed to fund in full, relates to staff in post. It is a matter for local determination whether, within these and other discretionary resources available to health authorities, the numbers and grading of staff in post should be changed.