§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff from each of the old grades have been assimiliated to each of the new grades in the recent clinical grading structure for each of the specialty branches of nursing, midwifery and health visiting.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested cannot be derived from the data which are held centrally. The information which is available has already been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will require health authorities to provide figures on the number of nurse regrading appeals currently outstanding in district health authorities within the Yorkshire region, and the stage in the appeal processes in each district health authority.
§ Mr. MellorNo. The processing of appeals under the national agreement is a matter for individual health authorities.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements have been made to process nurse re-grading appeals in each of the district health authorities within the Yorkshire region.
§ Mr. MellorAppeals are being dealt with under a long-standing agreement between the management and trades union sides of the General Whitley Council on procedures for settling differences over NHS employees' conditions of service. Detailed arrangements for operating this agreement are for local decision, and we collect no information centrally.