Because the NHS was founded to provide equal access to all on the basis of need rather than the ability to pay, price was eliminated as a method of bringing demand for services into line with supply. This means that the Government has to make decisions about the amount of ...
This conference was arranged by the King's Fund Centre to promote informed debate about the report of the Social Services Committee of the House of Commons on Medical Education, and the Governments response published in its White Paper in February 1982. Reactions to the proposal for change were debated and ...