§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Minister of Pensions the number of pensioned retired regular naval and military medical men employed by the Ministry on a sessional basis besides those employed at a salary; how many sessions can be put in in a day; whether this is often the most lucrative method of payment for the aforesaid medical men; and whether, on account of the shortage of work, many demobilised civilian doctors are only getting three or four sessions per week, which in many cases represents their whole income?
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§ Major TRYONThe number of retired Regular officers employed by the Ministry on a sessional basis who are drawing pensions is 152, being 5 per cent. of the total number of medical men so employed. The maximum number of sessions is 11 per week, but owing to the number of medical men available for the work, the average number of sessions per week which can be given to each man is considerably less.