§ Mr. Sharpasked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made in the West Riding of Yorkshire to consider applications for, and the distribution of, Medresco hearing aids; how many are and will be available; and whether aids may now be issued to persons living outside the city where distribution centres have been established.
§ Mr. BevanPatients can be referred by their general practitioners for testing by otologists at clinics at the following hospitals in the West Riding: the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford, the Royal Infirmary, Halifax, the Harrogate and District General Hospital, the Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield, the General Infirmary, Leeds, the St. James Hospital, Leeds, and the Royal Infirmary, Sheffield. Medresco aids are fitted and supplied to patients for whom they are prescribed at these clinics at the Royal Infirmary Sheffield, and the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford, to each of which aids are at present being supplied at the rate of 100 a month. This rate will be increased as the production increases. Aids are provided for patients regardless of where they live.