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in 1974, stated in the 1975 Queen's Speech debate that, 'The existence of pay beds, with the opportunity it gives to a few senior doctors to make private gain and the opportunity it gives to patients with money to jump the queue, is seen as a bitter affront to those thousands of other staff who are
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An Act to consolidate certain provisions relating to the health service for England and Wales; and to repeal certain enactments relating to the health service which have ceased to have any effect.
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The abolition of private provision in the NHS met with opposition from some doctors who saw it as a threat to their independence and private income. Castle was also pushing to incentivise
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In response to the financial challenges the NHS faced under Castle at a time of economic instability, she established the
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to commit full time to NHS work (rather than part-time alongside private work) in their contract negotiations.
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manifesto for the 1974 general election had included a pledge to abolish pay beds in the NHS.
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to lessen the differences in health spending in England between the north and the south.
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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to mediate between Castle and the medical profession. He also established a
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dedicated to the principle of a free health service.'
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
1977
Secretary of State for Social Services
Royal assent
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the National Health Service Act 1977
legislation.gov.uk
act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Health Service
Labour Party
Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services
consultants
Harold Wilson
Lord Goodman
Royal Commission on the National Health Service
Resource Allocation Working Party
James Callaghan
Department of Health and Social Security
David Ennals
Conservative
Health Services Act 1980
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973



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