LG was PM from 1916 to 1922, so he must have introduced the scheme
while minister for sumpin else.
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SC
On 02/03/2008, Fay Wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lloyd George was the Prime minister when the National insurance Act
> (1911 implemented ?1913) brought in national insurance and there were
> doctors who were appointed to provide medical care to people who
> qualified for it under the Act. Records were kept on cards a bit
> smaller than A5 (no doubt an imperial standard size -someone will be
> along soon to tell us). They persisted into the NHS which covered
> everyone not just certain working people & they are what are now known
> as "Lloyd George" envelopes and cards. There was a transient fashion fro
> A4 records but before it had become a universal sport computers came in.
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