HC Deb 06 December 1989 vol 163 cc275-6W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the main issue discussed at his first meeting with the new General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has had one formal meetitng with the recently appointed general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing. It was in June, shortly before she took up her new duties. The establishment and membership of the NHS policy board was the main issue discussed.