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

1966 Cont 1
1966 cont staff related to levels of management responsibilities; and that nurses should have
management training. See 1967.
The Standing Nursing Advisory Committee report on the Post-Certificate Training and
Education of Nurses recommended the establishment of a national body to determine the
clinical specialties in which courses were desirable; to set national standards for such courses;
and to award certificates to successful students. See 1970.
The Committee on The Appointed Factory Doctor (chairman, N Singleton) of the
Industrial Health Advisory Committee recommended the elimination of the medical
examination of young persons and the establishment of a more integrated and expert medical
service with wider duties in the field of occupational health. See 1972.
A paper, prepared by a sub-committee of the Advisory Committee for Management
Efficiency in the NHS, set out the management functions of hospital doctors and
recommended that "hospital doctors should be given organised training in the management of
the resources of the health service in order to produce the maximum good for the
community". See 1967.
The General Register Office published a report on "The Accuracy of Certification of
Cause of Death" by MA Heasman and L Lipworth, which was based on comparison of
diagnoses before and after post-mortem of a sample of deaths occurring during six months in
1959. The results showed that the same underlying cause of death was given in 45 per cent of
cases, but in only a quarter of the deaths was there disagreement of fact. See 1971.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research published a comprehensive
review of prospective trends in spending on the health and welfare services entitled "Health
and Welfare Services in Britain in 1975", by D Paige and K Jones, in which it was argued
that the NHS required reorganising and administrative improvement. See 1968.
The Committee on Social and Preventive Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
of London reported that most of the provincial medical schools had responded to its earlier
report (1943) by establishing well-staffed departments of social and preventive medicine, but
the objectives had not been realised in most of the London medical schools. See 1968.
The Royal College of Physicians of London published a report on Medical
Administration. It stated - "Although the number of medical administrators is small compared
with that of their clinical colleagues, their importance is great, and the challenge which the
NHS presents for studies in community care and medical planning emphasises the need to
recruit able young medical graduates into medical administration and to provide a sound
training comparable to that in other specialties. Training which matches these needs is not at
present available". The report recommended that the proposed training should be for all
medical administrators whatever field they might enter, and that it should lead to a
qualification comparable to other higher postgraduate medical qualifications. See 1972.
Reports of surveys of medical officers of health, their medical staff and their careers,
functions and commitments were published in 1966 (MD Warren and J Cooper, Medical
Officer, 116:41-50) and 1967 (118:185-192). Details of medical staff employed by Scottish
local authorities were published in 1962 (J Riddell and TS Wilson, Health Bulletin,
Edinburgh, 20: 72-75) and in 1966 (24: 81-84).
Outbreaks of smallpox (variola minor) in the West Midlands and Monmouthshire with
71 cases in all and no deaths. See 1973.
Measles vaccine made available to general practitioners. See 1968.
Cervical cytology service established (see 1963).
"Medical Practice in Modern England", by Rosemary Stevens, published. The author,