A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related ...

The National Service Act 1948 requiring compulsory military training was repealed.
Royal Commission on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, Cmnd.939, (chairman, Sir
Harry Pilkington, later Lord) recommended a general increase of 21 per cent in pay;
modifications in calculating the "pool" for general practitioners; and the setting up of a small
standing review body, independent of the Ministry and the National Health Service, to keep
doctors and dentists' pay under review and to make recommendations from time to time. See
1962.
Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, Cmnd.1164, (chairman,
Sir Edwin Herbert, later Lord Tangley) criticised the current arrangements as full of
anomalies with overlapping and gaps in responsibilities, and recommended a two-tier system
with as many services as possible in the hands of borough councils. See 1963.
The Central Advisory Council (England) on the Education of Boys and Girls aged 15
to 18 Years (chairman, Sir Geoffrey Crowther), in its report "15 to 18", supported the three
streams of secondary education; recommended that the school leaving age should be raised to
16; and that there should be compulsory part-time education in county colleges for those
young people not going on to further or higher education. See 1963.
The Committee on the Youth Service in England and Wales, Cmnd.929, (chairman,
Countess Albemarle) recommended a strengthening of the Youth Service which should be
available to all young people from the year before the minimum school leaving age up to the
age of 20 years.