Report of the Legal Committee on Medical Partnerships.

  • Great Britain. Legal Committee on Medical Partnerships.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report of the Legal Committee on Medical Partnerships. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. After our appointment we invited the General Medical Council, the British Medical Association,* the Medical Defence Union,* the Medical Protection Society,* The Medical Practitioners’ Union,* and Messrs. Hempsons, Solicitors,* to submit memoranda to assist us in discharging our terms of reference. The bodies marked with an asterisk responded to our invitation and submitted memoranda. Witnesses representing those bodies attended before us and gave evidence. Appendix I contains a list of their names and shows on whose behalf they gave evidence. 4. We also issued a notice to the press setting out the terms of reference and requesting any organisation or person directly interested to submit memoranda. The persons referred to in Appendix II submitted memoranda in response to this request. 5. To all those who have assisted us in the course of our Inquiry by furnishing information and suggestions we desire to record our indebtedness. Without their help it would have been difficult for us satisfactorily to accom- plish the task entrusted to us. INTERPRETATION following expressions the meanings hereafter set out— (a) “ The Act ” means the National Health Service Act, 1946; (b) “The Compensation Regulations” mean the National Health Service (Medical Practices Compensation) Regulations, 1948 [S.I. 1948 No. 1506]; (c) “ The appointed day ” means, the 5th July, 1948, and “ the deferred appointed day ” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 36; (d) “ Existing partnership” means, subject to our recommendations in paragraph 17, a partnership existing both on and immediately before the appointed day between medical practitioners one at least of whose names is entered on that day on a list of medical practitioners under- taking to provide General Medical Services; (e) “ Goodwill ” includes a share of the profits of an existing partner- ship except when the partnership agreement distinguishes between partici- pation in profits and participation in goodwill; (f) “ Inside partner” means a member of an existing partnership whose name is on the appointed day entered on a list of medical prac- titioners undertaking to provide General Medical Services: (g) “ Outside partner’ means such a member whose name is not so entered. (h) “ Service partnership” means an existing partnership of which all the partners are inside partners; (i) “ Mixed partnership ” means an existing partnership of which at least one member is an inside partner and at least one member is an outside partner; (j) “ Interim transfer” means the transfer by a continuing partner of a share of the goodwill of an existing partnership to any other partner or partners; 4 i Splice