National Health Service in Great Britain

Peterson, O.L.: A study of the National Health Service of Great Britain,1951.1 Description of the National Health Service.2 Cost of the National Health Service.National Health Service Act, 1946, 9&10 Geo.6 Ch.81, H.M. Stat Off.Hospital inpatient and outpatient services are free, both medical and mental health services.Such a centre would include six general practitioners, two dentists and one or two health officers.On this basis, greater London alone would need about 450 such centres.This is because these services are all pre-paid from taxation.Beveridge Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services, H.M. Stat.D) The out-patient departments are given greater importance and better organization.