§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the scheme for giving recipients of war disablement pensions priority treatment in NHS hospitals after emergency and other critical cases was introduced. [36834]
§ Mr. BowisFollowing a Government commitment given in 1953, war pensioners receive priority treatment in national health service hospitals for the condition or conditions for which they receive a pension or gratuity. Priority is not given for unrelated conditions.