§ 4. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Health if he will take measures to protect National Health Service patients where the general practitioner is giving preference to private patients during surgery hours.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonWhile I should deprecate any preference shown by a doctor for private patients during a surgery available to Health Service patients, I do not think it would be possible to lay down rules about the order in which patients should be seen.