A national health service : the White Paper proposals in brief.

Date:
1944
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    sultant services in each region. (i) Joint Hospitals Boards will be former by cblabibeee of neighbouring major local authorities (county councils and town” councils of large burghs) within the regions to ensure,an adequate hospital service in their areas. The Boards will take over all. (including services like the tuberculosis dispensaries, which essentially belong to the hospital and consultant field) and will also arrange with voluntary hospitals. oe (iii) The joint boards will prepare a scheme for the big service in their areas and submit this to the Secretary of State, who will consult the Regional Hospitals Advisory Council! before deciding to approve or amend it. The powers of the Secretary of State will be strengthened to enable him to require major local authorities to combine for any purpose proved necessary after local enquiry. (iv) Education authorities (county councils and town councils of four cities) will retain responsibility for the school health service and clinics, until the medical treatment part of the school service can be absorbed in the wider health service. Existing major health authorities (county councils and town councils of large burghs) will normally retain responsibility for the ordinary local clinic and similar sérvices; the necessary co-ordination will be secured through their membership of the joint hospital boards and through the Local Medical spare Committees (below). (v) Local Medical Services Commiirees 5 ieee bodies consisting of professional and local authority representatives— will be set up over the same areas as the Joint Hospitals Boards. The Committees will advise the Secretary of State on local administration of the general practitioner service and will provide liaison between the different branches of the service. 7. Finance. It is estimated that the cost cf the new National Health Service will - be about £ 148,000,000 a_year compared with about £61,000,000 spent from public fugges\if the-presefitshealth services. The cost will be met from bothet fit pand lecal aii nds. The arrangements as affecting the Masons local authorities ax é a voluntary hospitals are fully considergd ¢ the White Papes cand njore ibriefly in this paper. “NW oA Y bad ¥, * “* Se es : Ly Se Bi sals ip y > mes \es P ee GAL CUR cat” Reserved To be. purchased dhrabtly from HM. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following adabvedoss. York House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120 George Street, Edinburgh 2; 30-41 King Street, Manchester 2; 1 St. Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff ; 80 Chichester Street, Belfast ; or through any bookseller Price’ 3d. net. N, € P.—51/2490 82 S.O. Code No. 32—358%
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