§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he intends to take active steps to increase patients' expectations and consumption of National Health Service facilities and provide the necessary resources.
§ Mr. MoylePublic expectations of the National Health Service increase without need of stimuli, particularly as advances in medical knowledge lead to the availability of more effective methods of treatment. There is ample evidence of sustained growth in consumption of NHS facilities, and more resources have been provided—between 1965 and 1976 the amount of the gross domestic product spent on the NHS rose from 4.1 per cent. to 5.8 per cent.