§ Mrs DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase the number of community nurses when the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 comes into effect.
§ Mr. SackvilleDistrict health authorities are working with social service departments to establish locally agreed strategies for the provision of community care. The resulting community care plans will include whether there is an additional need for services provided by community nurses, and this will be reflected in contracts for NHS care from next year.
§ Ms. AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the public domain all records of her Department relating to the recruitment of black nurses to the national health service from Commonwealth countries.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally. As from April 1991 NHS employing bodies are required to include in local planning data information about ethnic origin of all staff.