Proposals for a National Health Service
1946-01 1946 1940s 16 pages Sale and Purchase of Medical Practices, Compensation and Superannuation. 39. The control of distribution will destroy the selling value of practices wholly or partly in the public service; and the sale of the practice is the source to which the doctor at present normally...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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[c. January 1946]
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| Summary: | 1946-01
1946
1940s
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Sale and Purchase of Medical Practices, Compensation and Superannuation. 39. The control of distribution will destroy the selling value of practices wholly or partly in the public service; and the sale of the practice is the source to which the doctor at present normally looks for support in this retirement, and his dependants on his death. In order to avoid hardship it is therefore proposed, as announced in the House of Commons on 6th December, to pay a proper measure of compensation for the loss of selling value, and the basis of compensation is already under discussion with the medical profession. Normally it is proposed to pay compensation on retirement or death. 40. For entrants into the new service it is proposed that a superannuation scheme should be set up on the basis of equal contributions by the doctor and by the Exchequer. Entry to the superannuation scheme would be open to all under a certain maximum age at the inception of the scheme, and would not be restricted to those entering practice for the first time. It is hoped that the scheme (or schemes on similar lines) would be open to dentists, nurses and others engaged in the health service, and would be framed to promote use of transfer between the various branches of the service (e.g. hospital service and local authority employment). Drugs, etc. 41. People will be entitled to obtain all necessary drugs, etc. on prescription, either from qualified chemists in their own shops or from dispensaries provided at the health centres, as the patient finds convenient. 42. For supply by individual chemists, the Executive Councils will have the duty of making arrangements within general regulations of the Minister. Lists will be published of the chemists available, with a right to the Minister to remove any chemist from the list after proper inquiry. Chemists will be paid by the Council at nationally prescribed rates. 43. For supply in the health centres, the local health authority providing the centre will be able to employ such dispensing chemists as are needed, as part of the ordinary staffing of the centre. The patient will be free to take his prescriptions there or to any individual chemist (e.g. nearer his home). /Other
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