§ 18. Sir J. D. REESasked whether the doctors of Nottingham and Nottingham shire have made a protest against the inclusion of attendance in cases of diseases due to misconduct, miscarriages, and abortion, the administration of anæsthetics, and the performance of operations in the conditions of service under the National Insurance Act; and, if so, what action the Government proposes to take?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI have received certain representations on the subject. There is, however, no power under the National Insurance Act to exclude such cases from medical benefit in so far as they are within the ordinary competence and skill of practitioners on the panel, and can, consistently with the best interests of the patients, be properly undertaken by such practitioners.