Manual for medical officers of the Royal Air Force / Air Ministry.

  • Great Britain. Air Ministry
Date:
1931
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual for medical officers of the Royal Air Force / Air Ministry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SEcTION III].—MeEpDICAL ATTENDANCE AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT. A.—Medical Attendance. 61. Definition—The term ‘“ medical attendance ’’ defined in K.R. and A.C.I, “ Explanation. of Terms,’’ means. the professional advice and treatment afforded to persons eligible under air force regulations for such during sickness or injury (2) as out-patients at a service medical establishment or (5) in quarters or at their residence, by a medical officer nominated for duty at the station or by a civilian medical practitioner engaged for attendance on air force personnel. Medicines, etc., will be provided under the terms of K.R. and A.C.I., para. 1510. Medical attendance does not include in-patient hospital treatment. 62. Persons eligible for medical attendance.—Officers suffer- ing from disabilities attributable to conditions of service, and airmen, are entitled to medical attendance at public expense. As a privilege, medical attendance may also be granted to the undermentioned persons wherever there is a medical officer nominated for duty at the station or where a civilian medical practitioner is engaged for attendance on air force personnel. The M.O. or C.M.P. will not be called upon to visit persons allowed medical attendance as a privilege when they reside beyond the radius fixed by K.R. and A.C.I., para. 1509. 1. Officers on full pay (and when not excluded there- from by the terms of their contracts re-employed retired officers employed elsewhere than at the Air Ministry) under the terms of K.R. and A.C.I., para. 1513, cl. 1. 2. Officers on half-pay under the terms of K.R. and ACH... DALAT OLS, Ch 2 3. Officers in receipt of disability retired pay under the terms of K.R. and A.C.L., para. 1526. 4. Naval and marine officers attached to the R.A.F. for service with the Fleet Air Arm under ~ terms of A.M.W.O. 550/25. . 5. Members of Princess Mary’s R.A.F. Nursing Service under the terms of K.R. and A.C.I., para. 1525. 6. Civilian employees at home and abroad under the terms of K.R. and A.C.I., paras. 1542 and 1541, respec- tively, and A.P. 826. 7. Civilian servants of officers under the terms of K.R. and A.C.I., para. 1520.