§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether consideration can be given to an appointment of a senior surgery assistant and surgery assistants at Singapore naval base, the personnel to be recruited from men serving in these capacities at Home dockyards?
§ Mr. ShakespeareThe existing medical organisation at His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, is staffed with naval personnel, supplemented by a number of Asiatic nurses and dressers. Similar staffing arrangements are contemplated when the various improvements in the Medical Services, including the provision of a permanent combined Dockyard Surgery and Sick Quarters, are completed. In these circumstances, the necessity for the employment of Home Dockyard personnel of the grades of senior surgery assistant and surgery assistant is not likely to arise.