HC Deb 12 March 1920 vol 126 c1693W
Mr. RENDALL

asked the Minister of Health what steps he intends to take in regard to the provision of sanitoria for uncertifiable mental cases; and whether, for the encouragement of voluntary patients, such homes shall' be kept on a hospital footing, that is, free from detention and wholly unconnected with lunacy administration, so as to prevent their being regarded as half-way houses to asylums?

Dr. ADDISON

Any scheme on the lines of my hon. Friend's suggestion, with which I am entirely in sympathy, would require legislation. The question is under consideration, but I am not yet in a position to state when the necessary legislation will be introduced.