The Health Services
1944-05 1944 1940s 23 pages Common Wealth Information Bulletin supplies facts about the main political issues of to-day, and is intended primarily for the use of speakers and discussion groups. It is produced by the Research Department, and any views expressed are not necessarily those of Common Wea...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : C. W. Publishing Ltd.
May 1944
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/FEA88377-4D5D-407C-B8C5-0DEC0CDAD516 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/CD6FD33F-0C0C-4E78-93EC-64E66D54E913 |
| Summary: | 1944-05
1944
1940s
23 pages
Common Wealth Information Bulletin supplies facts about the main political issues of to-day, and is intended primarily for the use of speakers and discussion groups. It is produced by the Research Department, and any views expressed are not necessarily those of Common Wealth. The following have already appeared in the series: I. Education ; 2. Representative Government ; 3. Housing ; No. 5 will be Unity of the Left. INTRODUCTION. The third of the five points in Common Wealth's Manifesto Is Equality and Security — equality of opportunity and security in face of those misfortunes over which man has no control. In the sphere of health, this means health services very different from those which exist to-day. To-day the health of the poor is jeopardised from childhood, and the sudden illness of the breadwinner may involve a whole family in financial disaster. The time is ending when half the community was content to know of, and yet to do nothing to prevent, the miseries of the other half. The health of the people must be a public responsibility. If this responsibility is to be shouldered in earnest, the State must do three things. Firstly it must provide a healthy environment, which means good food, good homes, light and fresh air, and good working conditions. Secondly, it must provide a system whereby illness is prevented, or checked in the early stages — in other words, a system of periodic medical overhaul. And thirdly, it must see that every sick person, no matter what his resources, may get the best possible medical attention, and be free meanwhile from financial anxiety about his family. The State's contribution at the present time is here reviewed under these three headings of Environment, Preventive and Curative Medicine. The reader will see how far that contribution now falls short of what is desirable, and how great is the improvement proposed in the White Paper, despite all its deficiencies. The vested interests of private practice will try to whittle it away before it becomes law, and it is vital that the public should understand what is at stake, so that they may fight for their Health Charter.
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