§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to promote a fast track approach to dealing with the outstanding number of nurse clinical grading review appeals.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Nursing and Midwifery Staffs Negotiating Council has recently reached agreement on streamlining the appeals process including a facility for referring appeals direct from the employing authority to national level. The National Health Service Management Executive's director of personnel wrote to regional general managers and chief executives of NHS trusts on 31 March 1992 urging them to adopt the new procedures.