§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that doctors who are absent from their practices owing to being on active service lose one-half of their National Health Insurance remuneration, and that those practitioners who remain receive per insured person attended much 50W more than the normal capitation fee; and whether he will consider the revision of such arrangements?
§ Mr. ElliotSchemes for the protection of the insurance practices of practitioners on war service usually provide for the payment to the absentee practitioner of half the fees payable in respect of the insured persons on his list, and the distribution of the remaining half among the practitioners accepting responsibility for the treatment of his patients during his absence. It is to be expected that the fees received per accepted patient will be high during the early part of the period, when the names of many insured persons who are entitled to treatment have not been placed on any temporary list. I think that the local bodies responsible for these schemes can be relied upon to promote any revision which experience may dictate.