§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his policy for awarding extra allowances to nurses in(a) West Sussex and (b) East Sussex. [143433]
§ Mr. DenhamThe introduction of cost of living supplements for qualified nurses and professions allied to medicine is one of a targeted range of initiatives designed to tackle the most serious recruitment and retention problems linked to low participation rates. Health authorities have been included where they have a staff market forces factor (MFF) of 117 or higher.
Further details of the staff MFF are included in the National Health Service Executive document "Resource Allocation: Weighted Capitation Formulas", which is available in the Library.