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THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 1998
Members present:
Mr David Hinchliffe, in the Chair
| Mr David Amess | Mr John Gunnell
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| Mr John Austin | Ann Keen |
| Dr Peter Brand | Mr Robert Walter
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| Julia Drown | Audrey Wise |
CONTENTS
Memorandum by the British Medical Association
Supplementary memorandum by the British Medical Association
FUTURE NHS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS (SR 13A)
APPENDIX
FUTURE NHS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS: NOTE ON SCOTLAND
Memorandum by the Community and District Nursing Association
FUTURE OF NHS STAFFING (SR 5)
Memorandum by MSF
THE EXTENT OF STAFFING PROBLEMS, CONSIDERATION OF THEIR CAUSES
AND FUTURE NHS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS (SR 23)
APPENDIX 1
NON EXCLUSIVE LIST OF MSF HEALTH SECTOR MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL
GROUPS
Memorandum by the Professions Allied to Medicine and
Related Grades
FUTURE NHS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS (SR 22)
Memorandum by the Royal College of Midwives
FUTURE NHS STAFFING REQUIREMENTS (SR 46)
Outline of Structure.
Section A—Background Information
—The Role of the midwife and maternity services.
—Becoming a midwife.
—Recent developments in delivery of maternity care.
Section B—Staffing Levels in Maternity Units
—Current arrangements—NHS Trust establishments.
—Current arrangements—midwifery education.
—Identified problems with current arrangements.
Section C—Suggested Measures to Improve Current
Arrangements
—Frameworks on which to base establishment.
—Improved interface with education commissions.
—Other means of improving recruitment and retention
rates.
Appendix 1—Indicators of Success.
Appendix 2—Lack of National Indicators for Staffing
Levels.
Appendix 3—Supporting Documentation.
Appendix 4—Definition of a Midwife.
Memorandum by The Royal College of Nursing of the United
Kingdom
FUTURE NHS STAFFING (SR 19)
Recent history of nurses' pay
Nurses working harder than ever.
Memorandum by UNISON
TOWARDS A NEW AGENDA (SR 35)
Examination of Witnesses
Sir Alexander Macara, Former Chairman, BMA; Mrs Heather Ballard,
Professional Officer, CDNA; Mr Roger Kline, National Secretary
(Health), MSF; Mr Richard Griffin, PAM (PT `A') Staff Side; Ms
Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary, RCM; Miss Christine
Hancock, GeneralSecretary, RCN; Mr Bob Abberley, Head of Health,
UNISON; were examined.
Question Number
108 - 119
120 - 139
140 - 156
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