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1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government on the application of Article 5 of the Convention concerning consultation with nursing personnel in the context of the health and safety committees, on decisions concerning the determination of working conditions, and on the participation of these committees in the settlement of disputes over conditions of employment. The Committee also takes note of the copies of the legal provisions supplied by the Government in connection with Article 6 and of the information concerning the reinforcement of the health and safety committees provided in connection with Article 7.

2. The Committee asks the Government to provide additional information on the following points:

(a) Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2. The Committee requested the Government to provide information on the policy concerning nursing services and personnel and the planning of nursing care, on the role and place of nursing personnel in the organisation of hospital care and the measures taken or envisaged to implement the Agreement of 21 October 1988. It also requested statistical data on the number of persons entering the profession annually, the number of nursing personnel by category and by grade, the proportion of nursing personnel in relation to other workers in the health sector, and the geographic distribution of nursing personnel in the regions and Departments, including overseas Departments (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion). The Committee hopes that the Government will provide this information in its next report.

(b) Point V of the report form. The Committee takes note of the statistics provided by the Government and expresses the hope that the Government will continue to provide such statistics and that it will also be able to provide data on persons leaving the profession.