§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health what financial arrangements have been made for the provision of health services for war refugees; whether general 682W medical practitioners participate and to what extent; and at what remuneration?
Mr. M. MacDonaldLocal authorities have been asked to make available to war refugees the health services that are available to the normal population of their areas. Domiciliary treatment, if required by a refugee unable to pay for it, may be obtained from the district medical officer by the usual procedure. Any additional approved expenditure incurred by a local authority in the provision of medical attention, or of public health services, to refugees who are maintained by a local authority, may he included in the local authority's claim for reimbursement by the Exchequer of the additional cost to the authority of receiving or maintaining refugees. My Department have not found it necessary to make any special arrangements with general practitioners for the provision of domiciliary treatment for refugees.