§ Mr. Messerasked the Minister of Health what are the terms of reference of the Nuffield Trust Hospitals Survey Committee; and if any limitation has been placed on the surveyors in respect of finance, hospital buildings or the relationship of hospitals to other branches of medical service.
§ Mr. WillinkThe Special Committee of the Trust, to which I assume my hon. Friend refers, has been concerned with the position arising out of the Government's statement on hospital policy in October, 1941, and in particular with the arrangements for hospital surveys conducted by the Trust on my behalf. The work of the surveyors is to survey the hospitals (other than mental hospitals and mental deficiency institutions) and to advise what modifications or developments of the existing facilities would be needed to provide a co-ordinated hospital service.