National Health Service Act

…government administration, established by the National Health Service Act of 1946 and subsequent legislation. Virtually the entire population is covered, and health services are free except for certain minor charges.

…the forerunner of the 1946 National Health Service Act, which represented an attempt by a modern industrialized country to provide services to all people.

Under Section 21 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, local health authorities provide, equip, maintain, and staff health centres to offer facilities for all or any of the following services: general medical and dental, pharmaceutical, hospital outpatient and health education, and care of expectant and nursing mothers. The prenatal…

…a process upon which the National Health Service Act (1946) was built.

Under an act of 1946 the United Kingdom introduced compulsory insurance through a state scheme with the same rate of premium for all employers. Benefits for incapacity were at a flat rate followed by a disablement pension based on degree of disability to which were added other…