"In need of care and attention" Local authorities and the implementation of the Scottish NHS Act, 1948-1960

Author: Merrick, Leigh Ann

Source: Family & Community History, Volume 12, Number 2, November 2009 , pp. 130-145(16)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

This article looks at the influence and reaction of Scottish local authorities in the implementation of the NHS (Scotland) Act, 1947. It examines the implementation of the Act through local authorities and the problems encountered in co-ordinating the NHS. Furthermore, it considers the problems encountered through the lack of clear dividing lines of responsibility between the three administrative areas of the NHS. It proposes that local authorities were seen as service providers within the NHS and were unable to assert any influence over the implementation of the NHS, apart from within their own health service sphere. The implementation of the Scottish NHS Act was full of inconsistencies and problems and was not as smooth as many historians would argue. The impact on patient care was the provision of an uneven service throughout Scotland.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/146311809X12520565987296

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