The legacy of voluntarism

Charitable funding in the early NHS

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3359181
AutoresBrice Harris (0000-0001-7118-1118, Department of Social Work and Social Policy University of Strathclyde, autor de correspondencia), Rosemary Cresswell (0000-0002-5203-7994, Department of Social Work and Social Policy University of Strathclyde)
Año2024
Volumen77
Número2
Páginas554-583
Fecha de publicación2024-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ehr.13280
OpenAlexW4386220608
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas20

Before 1948, approximately one-third of the United Kingdom (UK)'s hospital beds were located in voluntary hospitals, many of which continued to benefit from the funds generated by their historic endowments. When the National Health Service (NHS) was created, the vast majority of these hospitals were taken over by the State. This paper examines the neglected question of what happened to these endowments and the role which charity continued to play in the funding of NHS hospitals more generally. It makes an explicit attempt to examine the development of hospital services in each of the UK's constituent nations and shows how the treatment of endowments and the role of charity differed between them. It also highlights the continuing importance of arguments over the 'boundaries' between 'essential' and 'non-essential' forms of health service expenditure, and between the roles of the statutory and voluntary sectors more generally

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Management · Political science · Service (business) · State (computer science) · Statutory law · Turnover · Voluntarism (philosophy) · Voluntary sector · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Public Administration