Catalogue description Sunderland Family Practitioner Committee

Sunderland County Borough Insurance Committee

FP.Su.1 Reports, 1912 - 1920

(1 volume)

FP.Su.2 Salaries book, 1940 - 1948

(1 volume)

Sunderland Executive Council

FP.Su.3.1-7 Council and sub-committees minutes, 1947 - 1974

(7 volumes)

FP.Su.4.1-3 Committee attendance registers, 1952 - 1969

(3 volumes)

FP.Su.5.1-7 Cash books, 1947 - 1984

(Includes cash books of Sunderland F.P.C., 1974 - 1984)

(7 volumes)

FP.Su.6 Ledger, 1947 - 1974

(1 volume)

Sunderland Family Practitioner Committee

FP.Su.7.1-3 Annual programmes, 1984/5 - 1987/8

(3 booklets)

Cash books listed with those of the Sunderland Executive Council

Sunderland County Borough Insurance Committee, 1911-1948

Sunderland Executive Council, 1948-1974

Sunderland Family Practitioner Committee, 1974-

Accession 2131

• Health services

Under the National Insurance Act, 1911 National Health Insurance Commissioners for England and Wales were created 'to provide for insurance against loss of health and for the prevention and cure of sickness'. To administer benefits provided under the Act local Insurance Committees were appointed by the Commissioners consisting of representatives from the local County or County Borough, approved societies (Friendly Societies) and the local Medical Insurance Committee.

Insurance Committees were replaced on 5 July 1948 by Executive Councils established under Part IV of the N.H.S. Act, 1946 in every local health authority area.

On the reorganisation of the National Health Service in 1974 the functions of the Executive Councils were transferred to newly-created Family Practitioner Committees. Each of the new Area Health Authorities had its own F.P.C. In 1984, Family Practitioner Committee were made independent of the Area Health Authorities and funded separately.

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