Written question asked by David Nicholson (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 21 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Friday, 21 March 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: (Pursuant to reply at 292 c97W) What data he has collated concerning the increase in the number of posts of (a) matron and (b) director of nursing services in NHS hospitals; what supervising duties such posts carry; and what guidance his Department has given regarding numbers, duties, or good practice as regards such posts. - Inc ref to "One Year On - The Nurse Executive Director Post" and "Sharpening the Focus: The roles and perceptions of nursing in NHS Trusts" (in Library).

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