Medicine and charity before the welfare state

tactics and pragmatism he displayed. But Bevan's accomplishment, formidable as it was, has to be put in proper perspective. Unlike Lloyd George in 1911, Bevan had the backing of a movement that already had force. Does Webster deny that? If so, he takes issue with Bevan himself for this is what the Minister had to say when he introduced the Health Service Bill in 1946: "The first reason why a health scheme of this sort is necessary at all is because it has been the firm conclusion of all parties that money ought not to be permitted to stand in the way of obtaining an efficient health service."