National Health Service Act, 1946

Under Section 20 (2) of the National Health Service Act, Local Authorities are required to serve copies of their Schemes for carrying out the duties imposed on them, to every voluntary organization providing in their areas services of the kind concerned. Copies of the Schemes dealing with the Mental Health Service (Sections 28 and 51) were therefore submitted to the National Association for Mental Health, and have been closely examined by the Association's officers and staff. Observations were then sent to the Minister, at his request. The chief points on which comment was made are here summarized.