6. Mr. KENNEDYasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction amongst nursing sisters, who have been invalided owing to their. war service, with the treatment they are receiving from his Department; that some who are afflicted with incurable diseases have been refused treatment unless they submit to two monthly examinations by Ministry of Pension medical officers, in spite of the fact that they have sent in medical certificates from eminent specialists to say that, in their opinion, these examinations are unnecessary and harmful; that many of these nursing sisters refuse treatment rather than submit to these examinations; and that, owing to the fact that during the War their salary was in many cases only £40 and £50 per annum, they cannot afford to pay for treatment themselves; and whether he will have this matter investigated?
§ Major TRYONThe information in the possession of my right hon. Friend does not at all support the suggestions made by the hon. Member. Examinations, in connection with medical treatment, are not made oftener than, in the opinion of the medical advisers to the Ministry, the circumstances require. It is obviously the duty of my right hon. Friend, in the direct interests of the patient, no less than of the State, to secure effective supervision over treatment provided by his Department, and. for this purpose, he does not consider that an examination once in two months is unreasonable or excessive.