National health service : a bill (as amended by standing committee C and on report) to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive health service for England and Wales, and for purposes connected therewith / presented by Mr. Bevan.

  • Parliament of the United Kingdom
Date:
1946
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Credit: National health service : a bill (as amended by standing committee C and on report) to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive health service for England and Wales, and for purposes connected therewith / presented by Mr. Bevan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) medical, nursing and other services required at or A.D. 1946. for the purposes of hospitals ; Part II. (c) the services of specialists, whether at a hospital, a ~ —¢onzs., health centre provided under Part III of this Act or 5 a clinic or, if necessary on medical grounds, at the home of the patient; and any accommodation and services provided under this section are in this Act referred to as ‘‘ hospital and specialist services ”’ (2) Regulations may provide for the making and recovery by the Minister of such charges as may be prescribed— (a) in respect of the supply, as part of the nospital and specialist services, of any appliance which is, at the cee request of the person supplied, of a more expensive T5 type than the prescribed type, or in respect of the ’ replacement or repair of any such appliance; or (b) in respect of the replacement or repair of any appliance supplied as part of the services aforesaid, if it is determined in the prescribed manner that the 20 replacement or repair is necessitated by lack of care on the part of the person supplied. (3) Regulations may provide for the payment by the Minister, in such cases as may be prescribed, of travelling expenses (including the travelling expenses of a companion) 25 incurred or to be incurred by persons for the purpose of availing themselves of hospital and specialist services. Io 4. Where there is provided in any hospital, as part of Accommoda- the hospital and specialist services, accommodation in single tion available rooms or small wards, the Minister may make any such 0 Patt 30 accommodation, which is not for the time being needed by Payer: any patient on medical grounds, available for patients who | undertake, or in respect of whom an undertaking is given, to pay for the accommodation such charges, designed to cover part of the cost thereof, as may be prescribed, and the 35 Minister may recover those charges. 5.—(1) If the Minister, having regard to his duty to provide Accommoda- hospital and specialist services, is satisfied that it is reason- tion for able so to do, he may set aside in any hospital providing such Sans services special accommodation for patients who undertake, or ees 4° in respect of whom an undertaking is given, to pay such charges as may be prescribed, being charges designed to cover the whole cost of the accommodation and services provided for the patient at the hospital, including an appropriate amount in respect of overhead expenses, and the Minister may recover 45 those charges: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent accom- modation so set aside from being made available for any