§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health what consideration has been given to the fact that doctors in danger zones have suffered serious financial losses and are experiencing great difficulty in making a livelihood and yet doctors in safe zones, by reason of evacuation, are profiting at the expense of those doctors who are trying to carry on in the danger zones; and whether some reasonable adjustment can be made, so as to compensate the less fortunate doctors?
§ Mr. E. BrownMeasures to meet the situation described, which is not peculiar to the medical profession, are primarily a matter for the profession itself rather than for the Government. The Central Medical War Committee has acted as far as possible as a clearing house for the transference of doctors from evacuation to reception areas. The official arrangements for war-time medical services have also taken account of the special position of doctors in evacuation areas. For example, a number of those in coastal towns have been appointed to salaried posts in the Emergency Medical Service in their own towns or elsewhere, and the number selected for commissions in the medical branches of the Forces is proportionately larger in the evacuation areas than elsewhere.