Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages In addition to proposals for action it has been thought advisable to append a brief survey of the Health Services, since much of the indifference to the important part that health plays in our national life springs from the fact that the general public, and even many heal...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
October 1942
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/38B7E85B-1851-457F-A333-DD31DF77B544 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/58E3A6D9-C3A5-4F20-BEE0-0476BB8D9451 |
| Summary: | 1942-10
1942
1940s
40 pages
In addition to proposals for action it has been thought advisable to append a brief survey of the Health Services, since much of the indifference to the important part that health plays in our national life springs from the fact that the general public, and even many health workers, are unaware of the nature and magnitude of the services concerned with the protection of the health of the community. The proposals which follow are not intended as an outline of the Communist Party's policy for the development of all health services. They deal with certain needs and how these can be met by the efforts of health and industrial workers themselves. HEALTH AND THE HEALTH SERVICES IN THE NATIONAL FRONT The Health and Hospital Services, employing at least half a million people (the eighth largest community of workers in the country), are strategically important to the war effort ; and the persons employed in these Services have a vital place in the struggles for the Second Front, Maximum Production and all other great tasks confronting the nation at the present time. The chief immediate objectives before workers in the Health Services fall, therefore, into four main categories:— 1. HEALTH AND PRODUCTION A drive to get workers more "health conscious" and alive to the enormous increases in production which can be effected if preventable sickness and accidents are eradicated and the general standard of health is raised. 2. EFFICIENCY OF THE HEALTH SERVICES To increase the efficiency of the Health Services to the highest possible degree — (a) In preparation for and in support of the Second Front; (b) To ensure the speediest return of injured or sick to the armed forces and industry. 3. WAGE AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF HEALTH WORKERS To achieve improvements in wage and salary rates and in living and working conditions for health workers, 6
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