§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the report of the Whitley council management side working party on recruitment and retention of scientists; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorI understand that the report of the management side working party on recruitment and retention of scientists is confidential to the management side and will not be published.
§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will establish a pay review body for medical scientists working in the National Health Service, and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 26 July 1989]: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Eastwood (Mr. Stewart) on 24 July at column 536.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve recruitment and retention of biochemists, physicists, other scientists and clinical psychologists in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the level of remuneration, recruitment and retention of medical scientists working in the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 26 July 1989]: I refer my hon. Friend and the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Dr. Howells) on 16 June at columns 101–02.
§ Mr. DixonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the report of the inquiry on the recruitment and retention of physicists, scientists and clinical psychologists, what steps he intends to take to ensure that National Health Service contracts are attractive to scientist graduates and to put right the erosion in their salaries.
§ Mr. MellorI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Dr. Howells) on 16 June at columns101–02.