BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE
(Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 25. A free state medical service for everyone in'Britain, irrespective of income, is being considered by the Ministry of Health. A scheme evolved by the Ministry will be submitted by ballot to all the doctors in Britain. Under the scheme doctors would be enrolled as full-time state servants, working from central clinics, to which specialists would be attached. All voluntary and municipal hospitals would be taken over, with a few specialized exceptions. Convalescent homes and health camps would be developed as part of a state health service.
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Southland Times, Issue 24833, 27 August 1942, Page 5
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95BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE Southland Times, Issue 24833, 27 August 1942, Page 5
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