HC Deb 27 July 1959 vol 610 c11W
72. Commander Pursey

asked the Minister of Health the number of general practitioners in Hull; what is the number of these who, in 1958, were able to send patients to the Townend Maternity Home; what were the grounds on which these doctors were selected; and why doctors in the poorer areas are not able to send expectant mothers, in the requisite special categories, from slum clearance houses to this National Health Service unit.

Mr. R. Thompson

On 1st January, 1959, there were 149 general practitioners in contract with the Executive Council. No general practioner in Hull is debarred from referring patients to the Townend Maternity Home and the last two parts of the question do not therefore arise.