§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that medical services, directly or indirectly, controlled by the Government embrace the Armed Forces, the emergency medical and air-raid precautions services, medical benefit under the National Health Insurance Acts, public assistance, services in respect to factory workers, and medical officers of health, he will consider instituting a State medical service to solve the problem of the distribution of medical man-power as between the claims of the civilian population and the Armed Forces?
§ Mr. E. BrownI do not think that the present time is opportune for considering the suggestion made in the Question. As442W my hon. Friend is aware, machinery for securing that the best use is made of the medical man-power available has been in existence since the beginning of the war.