County Durham Primary Care Trust
Reference: H/CDPCT Catalogue Title: County Durham Primary Care Trust Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Records inherited from Local Health Services
Covering Dates: 1893-1989
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The County Durham Insurance Committee was created by Durham County Council on 1 May 1912 to administer the National Insurance Act 1911. This Act allowed for compulsory health insurance for lower paid workers, although not their families.
Ref: H/CDPCT/1/1/1Durham County Executive Council was created in July 1947 under the Fifth Schedule to the National Health Service Act, 1946. It was intended to 'establish an efficient administration for the provision of general Medical and Dental Services and Pharmaceutical and Supplementary Opthalmic Services', and as such there was some overlap with the Insurance Committees until the NHS began on 5 July 1948.
Executive Council (Ref: H/CDPCT/2/1/1)Ref: H/CDPCT/2/1/1The Medical Officer of Health assumed responsibility for school medical officer reports in 1963. See also CC/Health 1-27 and CC/Health 39-61.
Ref: H/CDPCT/3/2/1See also UD/BA
Minutes and Medical Officer of Health reports (Ref: H/CDPCT/5/1/1-3)Ref: H/CDPCT/5/1/1