§ Major GLYNasked the Secretary of State for War whether the medical treatment for ear, nose, and throat troubles which is available free of charge for families of soldiers married on the strength at the Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, and presumably at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, and the Netley Hospital, Portsmouth, is also available at other stations through the medium of civil hospitals; and, if this is not the case, what steps does the War 1688W Office take to deal with such cases at other stations, either by contributory grants or payments?
§ Mr. SHAWThe families of soldiers on the married quarters roll are eligible for medical treatment at the public expense at all stations but only provided that military medical facilities exist. At certain large stations, including those mentioned in the question, there is a military specialist in diseases of the ear, nose and throat, and families of soldiers on the married quarters roil have the benefit of his services. But in accordance with the general policy, no payment is made from Army funds for special civilian medical attendance for these diseases where no military specialist is available.