Royal Commission on Doctors' Remuneration for National Insurance Service and Other Contract Practice
Royal Commission on doctors' remuneration for national insurance service and other contract practice (1938) · Royal Commission on Doctors' Remuneration in National Insurance
18 July 1938 – 1938
Royal commission into the fees to be paid to medical practitioners for treating insured people under the Lyons government's National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1938, amid a dispute with the British Medical Association over capitation fees.
How it came into existence
Appointed by Letters Patent dated 18 July 1938, after the National Health and Pensions Insurance Act 1938 received assent on 5 July 1938, to inquire into the remuneration of doctors for national insurance service and other contract (lodge) practice; on 30 June 1938 its membership had not yet been settled. It was a royal commission of inquiry, not an arbitral tribunal, and the government said it would not necessarily be bound by it. The commissioners were not found.
How it ended
Its work was delayed in late 1938, which threatened to postpone medical benefits planned to start on 1 April 1939; in October 1938 the Treasurer hoped for a report by mid-December 1938. The list of royal commissions dates it to 1938 only, and the date of any report was not found. The national insurance scheme was abandoned in 1939 before medical benefits began.
Main functions
- Capitation fees for doctors under national health insurance
- Remuneration in friendly society and other contract practice
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