HC Deb 11 May 1976 vol 911 cc122-3W
34. Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance his Department has given to medical arrangements for the North Sea oil industry.

Mr. Duffy

Naval doctors have been providing an emergency consultancy service to the off-shore industry and have assisted in the treatment of diving accidents for some years. Formal arrangements have now been made with the Scottish Home and Health Department for two naval medical officers to provide emergency specialised medical care covering the whole field of off-shore medical support while undergoing post-graduate training at the universities of Aberdeen and Dundee. Before starting his postgraduate training one of these officers has been seconded to the National Health Service on a full-time basis until the end of September this year to assist with the training of NHS staff in compression chamber techniques.