HC Deb 09 July 1925 vol 186 c623W
Captain BOWYER

asked the Minister of Pensions whether in future he will utilise the services locally in rural areas of qualified masseurs and masseuses for the treatment of disabled men, and thus save the time of the men and unnecessary suffering to the disabled?

Major TRYON

It is the experience of the Ministry that massage is most effectively administered in the interests of patients when carried on at a clinic under proper medical supervision. Where, however this treatment can be efficiently administered otherwise, and attendance at a clinic would involve serious inconvenience and hardship to the patient, alternative arrangements are allowed.