§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement as to the appointing of a successor to the consultant physician in homoeopathy at hospitals in the Liverpool area health authority.
§ Dr. Vaughan: In my reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Edge Hill (Mr. Alton) on 20 May—[Vol. 985, c. 158–59]—I said that I had had discussions on 16 May with the chairman of Liverpool area health authority (teaching) about homoeopathy in the city. These discussions touched on the subject of the appointment of a consul]tant in homoeopathy. I was left in no doubt that the authority had experienced genuine difficulty in finding a 144W suitably qualified person, but I was encouraged to learn that urgent steps are being taken to seek a satisfactory solution to the problem.