§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health what steps are being taken, and by what Government Departments, to make provision in military and civil hospitals for occupational therapy to hasten the resumption of service by wounded men; and what steps are being taken, and by what Government Depart-merits, to develop a national system of rehabilitation so that by means of specialised training and the establishment of specially organised workshops service men who are unfit for further military service may be returned to civilian life with minimal disability?
Mr. M. MacDonaldAs to the first part of the Question, occupational therapy is provided for wounded men at the special orthopaedic centres forming part of the emergency hospital scheme administered by the Secretary of State for Scotland and myself, as well as at Ministry of Pensions hospitals and the fracture or orthopaedic departments of a number of general hospitals in the scheme. As to the second part, arrangements are being considered in concert between the Ministries of Health and of Pensions and the Department of Health for Scotland, with the appropriate professional experts. Our aim is to secure a co-ordinated system of rehabilitation designed to produce the maximum restoration of working capacity.