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.
Extract below from wikipedia:
Health Insurance
Under Part 1 of the 1911 National Insurance Act compulsory health
insurance was provided for workers earning less than £160 per year. The
scheme was contributed to by the worker who contributed fourpence, the
employer who contributed threepence and the government who contributed
twopence. The scheme provided sickness benefit entitlement of nine
shillings (45 pence), free medical treatment and maternity benefit of 30
shillings (£1.50).[13]
There is a link to this if you are interested in the history: Regulation
15 deals with the health insurance. Some remarkably familiar language
which persists to this day!
http://www.sochealth.co.uk/history/NIA1911.htm
Fay
Kathryn Law wrote:
> Can one of you enlighten me as to why Lloyd George records are so named?
> Pointers to websites appreciated.
> I am compiling a student tutorial on record keeping.
> Thanks
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> KT
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