§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government is in a position to guarantee to medical men who have gone on the panels not only 1s. 9d. for the quarter but 7s. for the year as capitation fee; and whether insured persons have been warned that such selections of doctors as they have made are not of any avail beyond the 14th April, 1913?
§ Mr. MASTERMANOne of the purposes for which the special Grants-in-Aid, for which a supplementary estimate has been put down, are required is to make provision for additional payments for the2216W cost of medical attendance and treatment so that the amount available for the remuneration of doctors on the panel will be equivalent to a sum of 7s. per head per annum, including the 6d. sum payable in respect of the domiciliary treatment of tuberculosis. If this money is voted the insurance committees will be in a position to make contracts with the doctors on a. 7s. basis for the remainder of the year.