§ Viscount HANWORTHasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action they propose in order to provide specific medical training in, and hospital facilities for, the diagnosis and logical treatment of non-rheumatoid soft tissue lesions which affect most people in their lifetime and why the United Kingdom does not follow the example of Germany, Holland and Belgium in this respect.
§ Lord CULLEN of ASHBOURNENone. What treatment a patient is offered for any particular condition is a matter for the judgment of the clinician responsible for his case and in their provision of facilities for diagnosis and treatment health authorities are guided by the requirements of their clinical staff. The scope and content of the postgraduate medical education necessary to equip a doctor to carry out his clinical functions are matters for the profession and its educational bodies.
House adjourned at ten minutes before eight o'clock.