§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health if in view of the fact that by reason of the down grading of venereologists the total of accredited specialists will be reduced to a number wholly insufficient to deal with the increasingly anxious problem of venereal disease, he will review the position.
§ Mr. BevanBoards are at present reviewing their medical establishments in the light of the needs of the service. It would not be proper for the grading of existing individuals to be influenced by considerations of staffing requirements.
§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is increasing dissatisfaction, as in an example submitted to him, amongst whole-time venereologists in the Liverpool area who now find themselves relegated without any consultation to the 93W category of senior hospital medical officers, accompanied by a serious reduction of the income assigned to specialists in the Spens Report; and what action he proposes to take to give them their correct status and remuneration.