NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
JUBILEE IN BRITAIN (British Official Wireless) (Received October 15, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 14. The Minister of Health (Sir Kingsley Wood) spoke in London of the jubilee of National Health Insurance which, he said, had become successful and an essential part of the British social system. , The number of insured persons exceeded 18,000,000 and the value of benefits dispersed since the beginning of the scheme £600,000,000. During 25 years the magnitude of its operations had steadily increased and a recent valuation revealed a net disposable surplus of £20,000,000. Sir Kingsley Wood paid a tribute to Mr David Lloyd George as the parent of the national health insurance scheme and spoke of further extensions which the Government had in view. Directly Parliament met in the new session he proposed to introduce a Bill making a medical benefit available to young persons immediately they left school and entered insurable employment, thus filling the gap between school medical service and medical service under the Insurance Acts. National insurance together with the services provided by local authorities and the great voluntary organizations in Britain made provision for sickness which was unsurpassed in any other country.
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Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 7
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