§ Mr. Grovesasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will appoint a medical officer at the War Office to make personal contact with senior medical officers of the Home Guard in order that the physical condition of this force shall be known at first-hand to his Department?
§ Captain MargessonI do not think that such an appointment is necessary. The Director-General, Home Guard, is in close touch with the Director-General, Army Medical Services, on all medical questions affecting the Home Guard, and no difficulty has been experienced in obtaining first-hand information where necessary of conditions in the Force.
§ Mr. Grovesasked the Secretary of State for War whether senior medical officers are to be appointed for the larger Home Guard commands; what rank they will have; and when it will be possible for them to commence their duties?
§ Captain MargessonIn addition to the battalion medical officers to whom I referred in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for South Croydon (Sir H. Williams) on 25th March, arrangements will shortly be made for the appointment of zone medical advisers with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, wherever such an appointment is considered essential.