§ 70. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what extent Ministers of the Crown are allowed special priority by his regulations in obtaining private beds when going into National Health Service hospitals; and whether he will publish in HANSARD a detailed list giving for the longest convenient stated period of time the number of Ministers, and their Departments, who have had private ward treatment in National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe order in which patients are admitted to hospital, whether as National Health Service patients or 215W as private patients, is not governed by Regulations but is a matter for the doctors under whose care they are being admitted.