§ Mr. GrahamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) clinical nurse managers and (b) practice development nurse posts are to replace the existing 74 ward sister and charge nurse posts employed by Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS trust. [21731]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 20 March 1996]: Ward sister and charge nurse posts in Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS trust will, on implementation of the trust's revised nursing management and organisational structure, be replaced by 46 clinical nurse manager posts and six practice nurse development posts.
These changes will enable the number of nursing posts involved in direct patient care to increase from 210 to 230.