The Consultative Council on Medical and Allied Services was established under the

Ministry of Health Act 1919 The Ministry of Health Act 1919 was an Act of Parliament which established for the first time in the United Kingdom a Minister of Health. It also established the Consultative Council on National Health Insurance, the Consultative Council on Medic ...

along with the

Consultative Council on National Health Insurance The Consultative Council on National Health Insurance was established under the Ministry of Health Act 1919 along with the National Health Insurance Joint Committee. Sir Thomas Neill was chair until 1924 and was knighted for his services in the 1 ...

Bertrand Dawson Bertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, (9 March 1864 – 7 March 1945) was a physician to the British Royal Family and President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1931 to 1937. He is known for his responsibility in the deat ...

was the first chair. There were disagreements in the council about finance matters, and whether health authorities should be statutory committees of existing local authorities, or bodies established purely to manage health services. It produced an Interim Report on the Future Provision of Medical and Allied Services in 1920 which was influential in later debates about the future of the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

Records of the Councils and their subcommittees are held in the National Archives.

References

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