Cradle to grave
The Health Bill is one of numerous attempts to change the administrative make-up of the NHS. What did it look like on its first day, 5 July 1948?
— There was a tripartite structure under the Minister of Health, Nye Bevan (who was also responsible for housing policy).
— 14 regional hospital boards oversaw 400 hospital management committees. Teaching hospitals, however, remained under direct control of Whitehall.
— An executive council oversaw GPs, dentists, pharmacists and opticians,all of whom were self-employed contractors paid proportionately to the number of patients on their books.
— Local authorities employed a Medical Officer of Health, who ran community services such as immunisation, maternity clinics and midwives, community nurses, school dental services, chiropodists, ear clinics and environmental health departments.
Pay for performance
Fabio Capello resigned as England football manager. Was he worth his £6 million a year? Here is how some prominent teams and their managers stacked up in the 2010 World Cup, with managers’ salaries in US dollars:
Manager / Stage when team knocked out
England
Fabio Capello, $9.9m
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