§ Mr. J. Morrisonasked the Minister of Health how many persons were assisted in 1951 by the operation of the home-help service; how many of these would, without such assistance, have been occupying hospital beds; and whether he is satisfied that there is sufficient financial inducement to local health authorities to maximise the service in order to save hospital expenditure.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe answer to the first part of the Question is 166,759; the information asked for in the second part is not available; I do not think that local health authorities require any special financial inducement to develop this service to the maximum extent practicable.