National Health Service Act 1946 there were powers to make charges for: The functions of the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency were transferred to the Minister. Full text of the Act (HTML version) National Health Service Act 1946 The National Health Service Act 1946 (c 81) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales. Though the title 'National Health Service' implies a single health service for the United Kingdom, in reality one NHS was created for England and Wales accountable to the Secretary of State for Health, with a separate NHS created for
Homeopathic hospitals in the National Health Service Homeopathic hospitals in the National Health Service The UK National Health Service has historically supported a number of hospitals which were created to primarily offer homeopathic treatments. Following declining support within the NHS for homeopathy as a treatment, all but one have now either closed down or substantially modified their activities. The parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee recommended in 2010 that prescription of homeopathy treatment on the NHS should cease. In 2016 it was estimated that NHS expenditure on homeopathy amounted to about £5 million. There have been repeated campaigns to remove homeopathy from the list of treatments paid