b 4 MAJORITY REPORT. complaints arise *’ (App. XXXIII, 24 and 26). ** In the majority of cases the doctors take very great pains to give a willing and conscientious service *’ (Q. 12,297). Ministry of Health Inquiry Room.—* Surprisingly few com- plaints against the medical service are received, although the object of these visits (i.e., of visitors to the Inquiry Room) is to bring forward an insurance grievance. . . . With very few excep- tions those persons who speak to the detriment of the insurance medical service have never been under the treatment of panel practitioner *’ (App. XLI, 14). The Standing Committee of Scottish Insured Women.— The Committee regards medical benefit as the most important benefit under the National Health Insurance Act *’ (App. XLVI, 18). The British Medical Association.—** In the year 1922 both the Representative Body of the Association and the Conference of representatives of Local Medical and Panel Committees declared that the measure of success which has attended the experiment of providing medical benefit under the National Health Insurance Act system has been sufficient to justify the profession in uniting to ensure the continuance and improvement of an Insurance system. (a) Large numbers, indeed whole classes of persons are now receiving a real medical attention which they formerly did not receive at all. (b) The number of practitioners in proportion to the popu- lation in densely populated areas has increased. (¢) The amount and character of the medical attention given is superior to that formerly given in the best of the old clubs, and immensely superior to that given in the great majority of the clubs which were far from the best. (d) Illness is now coming under skilled observation and treatment at an earlier stage than was formerly the case. (e) Speaking generally, the work of practitioners has been given a bias towards prevention which was formerly not so marked. (f) Clinical records have been or are being provided which may be made of great service in relation to medical research and public health. (9) Co-operation among practitioners is being encouraged to an increasing degree. (h) There is now a more marked recognition than formerly of the collective responsibility of the profession to the com- munity in respect of all health matters.” The Association add that ‘ all these are immense gains, and though it is possible that some of them may not be wholly due to the establishment of the National Health Insurance Scheme, they have certainly been hastened and intensified by that system *’ (App. XLVII, 5 and 6; Q. 14,613-14.615).