13 JANUARY 1933, Page 3

Out-Patients' Hardships Writing in these columns a week ago we

dwelt on the importance of the enquiry just carried out by Lord Onslow's committee into the treatment of out- patients at our great hospitals, and observed that a good deal more investigation into the question was needed yet. It is satisfactory to find that the King Edward's Hospital Fund Council shares that view. On Wednesday, at the instance of the Prince of Wales, a new committee, presided over by Sir John Rose Bradford, was appointed to go into the question, with power not merely to recommend, but to act. The out-patient problem is of real importance and the treatment of out-patients often involves great, though unintentional hardship. Reorganization is needed, and it seems now to be in sight. * *