§ 90. Mr. JOWETTasked the Minister of Health in regard to the resolution of the London Insurance Committee requesting him to impose a fine of £100 on four panel doctors for prescribing for their insured patients drugs and dressings beyond the average, although the tribunal appointed by him to consider this charge found in no individual prescription evidence of irregularity or extravagance, and reported that these practitioners were actuated by high idealism and had organised an efficient treatment centre in a neighbourhood where the chances of maintaining health were poor, and added to their report a recommendation that any penalty should not be more than a formal one, if he will decide not to impose a fine on these panel doctors?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe practitioners concerned have exercised their right to make oral representations on the question what amount of money, if any, should be withheld; and I cannot anticipate the decision at which it will be my duty to arrive after receiving the report of the persons appointed by me to hear these representations. I must not, however, 2414 be understood to accept my hon. Friend's references to the report of the referees in this case as being either a complete or an accurate summary of their findings.
§ Mr. MILLSIs it not a fact that panel doctors in practically every insurance area are constantly in conflict with these committees?