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Tuesday, May 30, 1972

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Giving the background to the issue, Mr. Flinn recalled that a

Working Party on Nurse Education and Training was appointed by the Nursing

Board in May 1965 to consider the whole field of nurse education and

training and to make recommendations.

The Working Party first met in June 1965, and submitted its final

report to the Nursing Board in February 1967.

Included in the report was a recommendation that a second grade

This second grade, to be called "Enrolled

of nurse be introduced.

Assistant Nurse," would comprise nurses who had followed the two-year

course now offered by the Government and other hospitals.

The Nursing Board agreed that this second grade should be

introduced, and the necessary legislation was enacted in April 1970

when the Nurses Registration Ordinance and subsidiary legislation were amended.

At that time, it was appreciated that there was a considerable

number of nurses working in Hong Kong whose qualifications were not

acceptable to the Nursing Board for registration. There is still no

objection to their continuing to practise.

Mr. Flinn said it was eventually proposed to introduce an amendment

to the ordinance to drop the word "assistant" from the term "Enrolled

Assistant Norse."

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