HC Deb 17 December 1942 vol 385 cc2091-2W
Mr. Groves

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in the interest of the health of the Army, he will cause all men returning from leave to be medically examined and, if found to be suffering from venereal disease, to be treated immediately, without loss of proficiency and other pay and without having to go to a hospital known to treat mainly such diseases, so as to ensure that the nature of his disability should not be known to his family and friends?

Sir J. Grigg

All soldiers returning from leave are medically examined and if found to be suffering from venereal disease are admitted to the venereal disease departments of certain military hospitals, none of which is designated as a Venereal Disease Hospital. If a soldier loses his physical efficiency as a result of his own action he loses his proficiency pay but it is restored to him as soon as he regains his full efficiency as a soldier. This rule applies to soldiers who contract venereal disease.