§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health how many up-graded first-aid points have already been established; how many he intends to establish; and what is the purpose of these points?
§ Mr. E. BrownA first-aid point, as my hon. Friend will be aware, is a place in a thinly populated area at which a supply of simple first-aid requisites is kept in charge of someone trained in their use. The number of points which have been upgraded, i.e., provided with better accommodation and additional equipment and personnel, is 518, and it is estimated that another 750 will be similarly treated as the result of the reviews which the local authorities are undertaking. The purpose of the upgrading is to provide for those areas where experience of air raids, changed distribution of population and the possibility of casualties amongst the Home Guard, indicate the need for first-aid facilities more extensive than those of an ordinary first-aid point, but are not considered to require a fully equipped first-aid post.