§ 52. Sir W. de FRECEasked the Minister of Pensions if he has any information as to how many ex-service men once pensioned for neurasthenia due to war service have in 1927–28 been refused treatment for an extended form of this malady, and in consequence have had to go into a mental institution?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)It is not the practice of the Ministry to refuse any necessary course of treatment to a pensioner suffering from any form of neurasthenia which is found to be the outcome of Great War service.