“…An intimate association between general practitioners and the hospitals and between the consultants and the patients' home conditions is, then, another ideal for which the Labour Movement works. PRESENT HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION For the realisation of these ideals very ample hospital accommodation is essential. …”

“…The staffs who agree with this policy are therefore demanding that a varying percentage of the amounts paid by or on behalf of patients in hospitals shall be placed in a staff fund to be used entirely at the discretion of the medical staff. THE IDEAL SCHEME As already stated, Labour visualises a completely organised hospital service, with receiving stations, cottage hospitals, county hospitals, and national hospitals, ramifying throughout the length and breadth of the country, all working together for the speedy cure of individual sufferers and for raising the standard of the health of the whole nation. …”

“…For economy of time, money and effort, and for dealing satisfactorily with any difficult or serious case, therefore, admission to a General Hospital where diagnosis and treatment are carried out by an organised staff of specialists on co-operative principles is what should be aimed at as the ideal. HOSPITALS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS In the past general practitioners have not formed part of the "Team" of a General Hospital. …”

“…PRACTICAL STEPS TOWARDS THE IDEAL As it is impossible to procure the necessary increase of hospital accommodation by means of voluntary contributions, or even to maintain the existing accommodation without financial difficulties, it is inevitable that public funds must be employed in the interest of the health of the nation. …”