§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will issue advice and information to all local medical committees and local authority social services departments to engage in joint activity to trace the chronically sick and disabled on the pattern which has proved successful in Worcestershire.
§ Sir K. JosephI specifically advised all local authorities to enlist the help of general practitioners in identifying disabled people when giving guidance in 1971 about ways of implementing Section 1 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act. Reports which I have received show that authorities generally are well aware of this, and I do not consider that any further action on my part is needed.