§ Mr. JOHN WARDasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether doctors placed on the insurance panels will be authorised to hand over their cases under the National Insurance Act to qualified assistants, and, if so, what power will the representatives of the approved societies on the insurance committees possess to insist upon a proper salary being secured to such qualified medical assistants?
§ Mr. MASTERMANA practitioner on the panel may depute an assistant to act on his behalf when he is precluded by urgency of other professional duties, absence from home, or other reasonable cause from giving personal attendance to an insured person under his care. It is the duty of the insurance committee to take any necessary steps to secure that the service provided by any assistants is satisfactory, but, subject to this, the salary of such assistants is a matter for their principals and themselves to determine.