§ 88. Mr. Gammansasked the Minister of Health why the public is asked to choose their doctor now under the National Health Scheme when it will not be known until the 5th July which doctors have decided to enter the scheme.
§ Mr. BevanThe full list of doctors entering the scheme will not of course be known until 5th July, but some are already doing so. In any case doctors' lists of patients should be made up before the scheme starts, so that individual doctors may settle for whom they will be responsible and may be remunerated for the full number from the start, and patients may have a doctor ready to look after them.