Doctor's Fees Before the NHS
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Social history film on the costs of medical care before the NHS.
Reminiscenses by doctors and patients on the fees charged by doctors for medical care in the years before the set up of the NHS in 1947 and how these fees were collected.
From:
People's History of Wales Kill or Cure
First broadcast
:
07 March 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16
Subject : History
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain
Keywords : Health and medicine, NHS, Medical fees, Health care before the NHS, National Health Service,
Notes : Explore payment for medical care before the set up of the NHS - how did people pay for medicine? Was it expensive? Are there similarities today with provision of dental and optical care?
