Publications
New Frontiers in Health
7 January 1964
A review of the incidence, impact and implications of minor and unrecognised illness in the community This booklet is about the future of medicine. It presents information…
Costs of Medical Care
1 July 1964
The cost of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom now exceeds £l,000m. per year. Ten years ago, when expenditure was less than half this…
Finance of Medical Research
7 January 1964
The explosive progress of medical science during the past twenty-five years has brought about a revolution in the health of the community and in the problems…
Pattern of Diabetes
1 July 1964
Over the past 40 years, diabetes has changed from a progressive or rapidly fatal disease in to a controlled chronic disorder with mortality confined mainly to…
Pharmacist in Society
7 January 1964
A feature of the development of Britain in the 19th century was the emergence of the organised professions. In medicine, law, engineering and accountancy, for example,…
Venereal Diseases
1 December 1963
The Venereal diseases are a group of infections which have in common the same means of transmission. The causative organisms are usually acquired during sexual intercourse…
Personal Health Services: A Perspective of the General Medical & the Pharmaceutical Services
1 October 1963
Behind the planning of the National Health Service lay the proposition that everyone should be entitled to the services of a personal physician. For the first…
Price of Poliomyelitis
1 August 1963
The risk of permanent paralysis is the predominant feature of poliomyelitis, and the dread of disability has profoundly affected society’s attitude to the disease. In the…
Hospital Costs in Perspective
1 June 1963
Rising hospital costs have caused concern to the public, Government, and Members of Parliament ever since the start of the National Health Service. They are at present…