§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what medical arrangements have been provided for the Metropolitan Police under the new Health Insurance Act and, in particular, whether they are insurable under the Act and will have free choice of doctors or be attended by their divisional surgeons as up to the present.
§ Mr. EdeMembers of the Metropolitan Police Force, like other police officers, are now compulsorily insured under the National Insurance Act and the Industrial Injuries Act. In view of the establishment of the National Health Service, Police Regulation 88, under which police authorities were required to provide free medical attention for police officers, has been revoked, and police officers, like other citizens, have free choice of doctor. I understand that the majority of the divisional surgeons in the Metropolitan Police District have joined the National Health Service. Accordingly police officers who wish to continue to receive attention from their doctor will be able to do so.