The Ministry of Health
1919 1919 1910s 18 pages their respective areas, and that they severally appoint a Principal Medical Officer to advise them on general administrative problems. It should be recognised that some of these health functions are more suitably exercised by large areas and others by smaller areas. 3. That...
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their respective areas, and that they severally appoint a Principal Medical Officer to advise them on general administrative problems. It should be recognised that some of these health functions are more suitably exercised by large areas and others by smaller areas. 3. That County Councils and County Borough Councils shall separately or in combination appoint thoroughly efficient and representative Health Committees, and these should set up sub-committees to deal with specific matters, such as asylums and mental deficiency, sanitation and housing, maternity and child welfare, industrial, social welfare and pensions, sanatoria and hospitals, insurance, and domiciliary treatment. The sub-committees should each have the duty of appointing a chief medical officer who shall independently be responsible for the whole work covered by the respective sub-committees. 4. In order to establish and maintain a high standard of efficiency in the Public Health Service of the country it is essential to have a uniform national scheme which will make it possible for changes in local personnel to take place without injustice either to the public interest or to the officer concerned; to secure officers against capricious dismissal; and to provide that any change of an officer from one area to another shall not render him liable to loss of pension rights or status in the service. 5. That the powers and duties of Insurance Committees and of War Pensions, etc., Committees be transferred to County Councils and County Borough Councils. 6. That as soon as Poor Law authorities are finally abolished the analogous administration, both domiciliary and institutional, in connection with an increased public provision of medical treatment as part of the health organisation of a county shall he transferred to County Councils and County Borough Councils. ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR BOARD OF HEALTH. After discussion it was decided to recommend the formation of— (1) A NATIONAL HEALTH GUILD. This body, while not connected legislatively with the Ministry of Health, could focus public opinion on matters needing attention. It should exercise critical, constructive, and educational functions; have branches throughout the country; and bring pressure to bear both centrally and locally when necessary. (2) AN ADVISORY COUNCIL OR BOARD. This should be a statutory body of such a size as to include representatives of all interests having a claim to representation thereon, including the medical profession. The members should be appointed by the Minister upon the nomination of the bodies concerned, and should hold office for a limited number of years, meeting at frequent intervals. It should have the right not only of advising the Minister, but, in addition, of reporting to Parliament on such questions as is thought desirable to treat in this way; and all or certain members thereof might be paid for actual expenses incurred or service rendered. Similar advisory bodies should be appointed in each local area. In connection with the formation of a Ministry of Health such problems as the position and work of the general practitioner, the policy in regard to hospitals, and the scope and administration of National Health Insurance require further detailed consideration. Co-operative Printing Society Limited, Tudor Street, New Bridge Street, London, E.C.4.
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