§ Mr. Pavittasked the Minister of Health how many cities and towns now have emergency night call services offering to deputise for general practitioners; how many of these are on a purely commercial basis; and how many are under the control of the local executive council.
§ Miss PittI regret that there is no centrally available information regarding the numbers and types of deputising services, but I have no reason to suppose that such services are operating on a commercial basis in more than a very few areas. Deputising services are not controlled by executive councils and most of them are personal arrangements between doctors.