HC Deb 19 May 1993 vol 225 cc195-6W
Mr. Soley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 10 May,Official Report, column 356–57, on medical laboratory scientific officers, if the national health service employs laboratory technicians who are not required to have the MLSO qualification.

Dr. Mawhinney

The national health service employs technicians to perform a range of functions in hospital departments with laboratories and the qualifications required depend upon the nature of the post.