§ Amendment made: In page 24. line 6, leave out "Board" and insert "Commission".—[Mr. Galbraith.]
§ Mr. GalbraithI beg to move, in page 24, line 12, after "to", to insert:
his nearest relative and to".The effect is to require the nearest relative to be told within seven days of the transfer when a patient is transferred from one hospital to another, from one guardian to another, or between hospital and guardianship under this Clause. It meets an undertaking which I gave in Committee.I assure the House that administrative arrangements will be made to ensure that the nearest relative is told whenever possible before a transfer takes place, but since practical difficulties may arise to prevent this, for example where a transfer has to be made urgently, the statutory 746 duty is confined to a requirement on the receiving hospital or local authority to inform the nearest relative within seven days of the transfer.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In page 24, line 12, leave out "Board" and insert "Commission".—[Mr. Galbraith.]