National Health Service : deputation to Minister of Health on 17 June 1946 (report)
1946-06-25 1946 1940s 9 pages PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL JT.S.I.C. & W.C.F.C.11/1. 18th June, 1946. TRADES UNION CONGRESS NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Deputation to Minister of Health on 17th June, 1946 at 4.30 p.m. PRESENT: Rt. Hon. Aneurin Bevan, M.P. Dr. J.A. Charles Mr. J.E. Pater Mr. Mich...
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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL JT.S.I.C. & W.C.F.C.11/1. 18th June, 1946. TRADES UNION CONGRESS NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Deputation to Minister of Health on 17th June, 1946 at 4.30 p.m. PRESENT: Rt. Hon. Aneurin Bevan, M.P. Dr. J.A. Charles Mr. J.E. Pater Mr. Michael Reed T.U.C. Mr. W.P. Allen Mr. H. Bullock Mr. L. Fawcett Mr. A.F. Papworth Mr. A. Roberts Mr. E.W. Spackman Miss H. Gray Mr. F.T. Jordan [Mr. A. Hiscock] Miss D. Westmacott [Dr. Gordon Ward] Dr. H.B. Morgan, M.P. Mr. C.R. Dale MR. ALLEN in opening the discussion said that the T.U.C. deputation consisted of representatives of the General Council, the Medical Practitioners' Union, Local Government Officers' Advisory Committee, Nursing Advisory Committee, the Women Public Health Officers' Association and the Joint Pharmaceutical Committee. In so far as the general provisions of the new Bill were concerned, the T.U.C. considered them most satisfactory. There were, of course, certain omissions in the Bill and improvements that could be made. If the new Service was to be a success, then there should be no opportunity for people to contract out on any grounds, nor should those people able to pay for private treatment be able to obtain better treatment than that provided by the service. Admission to Hospital The primary and deciding factor in regard to admission to hospital should be medical need and not ability to pay. Medical Research The T.U.C. had some fears as to the apparently limited proposals in the Bill for the expansion of medical research. For too many years too little money had been spent on research in this country. General Medical Practice Facilities for medical education should be increased as far
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