§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for the Isle of Ely, Official Report, 19 July, c. 157, he will, when time permits, list the ratios per head of the medical care facilities available to dependants of personnel serving with the British Army of the Rhine.
§ Mr. WigginThe information requested in respect of the major medical facilities is as follows:
- Hospital beds—220 per head (all personnel)
- Doctors in primary health care—1 per 1,622 (all personnel)
- Health visitors—1 per 988 dependants
- Family Planning Clinics—1 per 253 wives per month
- "Well women" clinics—1 per 274 wives per month
- Antenatal Clinics—1 per 200 wives per month
- "Well baby", immunisation and mothercraft clinics—1 per 50 babies per week
- Special Clinics (obesity, smoking, post-natal etc.)—1 per 212 wives per month
- Dental clinics—1 per 146 (all personnel) per week
- Child Health Clinics—1 per 343 children per week
- Radiography Special Session—1 per 926 (all personnel) per month
- Obstetric and Gynaecology Clinics—1 per 375 wives per month
- Opthalmic Clinics—1 per 417 (all personnel) per month
- Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics—1 per 1,630 (all personnel) per month
- Clinical Measurements Clinics—1 per 17,943 (all personnel) per month
Some of these facilities are provided jointly by the Army medical Service and nurses of the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Families Association under contract to the Ministry of Defence.