HC Deb 01 November 1911 vol 30 cc857-8
Mr. AMERY

asked in what manner the medical benefit, due to the end of the current year, will be administered in the case of a deposit contributor who after suspension from sick benefit has become an inmate of a workhouse infirmary?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

The local health committee will place the services of a doctor at the disposal of any insured person who is for the time being entitled to medical benefit.

Mr. AMERY

Will not a person in that case already receive medical attendance gratis from the workhouse authorities?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

Probably he would.

Mr. AMERY

In that case what advantage would medical benefit be, and would the value of the medical benefit given to the individual be credited to the Post Office fund in general?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

I think it would be credited to the Post Office fund in general. He was receiving medical treatment in another form under the Poor Law.

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