The quiet time? Pay-beds and private practice in the National Health Service: 1948–1970

Williamson, C (2015) 'The quiet time? Pay-beds and private practice in the National Health Service: 1948–1970.' Social History of Medicine, 28 (3). pp. 576-595.

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Abstract

The study of the history of private practice in the NHS has generally been focused on either the introduction or the abolition of pay-beds. This article looks at the period characterised as the ‘Quiet Time’ when a political consensus seemingly emerged to retain some form of private provision within the service. This piece argues that rather than ‘a quiet time’ it was a period of intense activity and controversy as to the place and contribution of pay-beds when there were multiple attempts to rationalise and to make them cost effective. This article is an original study of a much-neglected subject in public policy history.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities
UoA: History
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2015 12:12
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:40
ISSN: 1477-4666
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/6004
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