Doctors debate state-organised medicine
The BBC's 'radio doctor', Charles Hill, debates with Dr Bourne (a surgeon) about whether the need for universal access to health care outweighs doctors' concerns about becoming salaried employees of the state. The worry for some is that they will lose their independence and, of course, status.
GPs were initially reluctant to join the new service, but eventually 20,000 did and private practice became the exception rather than the rule. Dr Charles Hill went on to become BBC chairman in 1967.
