 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1949 - 642 pages
...him by the first clause of the National Health Service Act : "to promote the establishment in England and Wales of a comprehensive health service designed...the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness * * *." As the secretary of a regional board points out in a letter on page 1061 this week, no one... | |
 | 1972 - 110 pages
...National Health Service The National Health Service Act, 1946, provided for the establishment in England and Wales of "a comprehensive health service, designed...improvement in the physical and mental health of the people . . . and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness." The National Health Service (Scotland)... | |
 | Sri Lanka. Pārlimēntuva. Senate - 1958 - 960 pages
...In accordance with the Health Act of 1946, it is the Minister's duty " to promote the establishment of a comprehensive health service designed to secure...improvement in the physical and mental health of the people and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and for that purpose to provide or secure the... | |
 | Great Britain. Central Office of Information. Reference Division - 1966 - 146 pages
...1948. The object of the National Health Service Act 1946 is 'to promote the establishment in England and Wales of a comprehensive health service designed...England and Wales and the prevention, diagnosis and treatmem of illness, and for that purpose to provide or secure the effective provision ol services'.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health - 1976 - 652 pages
...under the National Health Service Act of 1946, has the duty "to promote the establishment in England and Wales of a comprehensive health service designed...prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness." There is no doubt that the National Health Service in England has accomplished its major objectives. In a system... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health - 1976 - 666 pages
...under the National Health Service Act of 1946 has the duty "to promote the establishment in England and Wales of a comprehensive health service designed...the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness." 2 = Ministry of Health. "The National Health Service — Summary ol "Ba-cVj "HVaVora *.iA Main Features,"... | |
 | Howard M. Leichter - 1979 - 340 pages
...will be any more successful than previous measures. If one accepts the selfproclaimed goal of the NHS to "secure improvement in the physical and mental health of the people of England and Wales," then the service cannot be considered a complete success. We hasten to add, however, that there are... | |
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The aims of the National Health Service were set out in the opening sentences of the National Health Service Act of 1946: (1) It shall be the duty of the Minister of Health to promote the establishment in England and Wales of a comprehensive health service... 
