Word: nhs
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...each prescription, which is expected to cover a month's supply of 20 pills, a woman under NHS will pay a token charge of 2 shillings (28?). The government will pay the rest, estimated at $2.08 a month. Health Minister Enoch Powell told Commons that he hoped doctors would prescribe the pills only when they had good reason to believe that a woman should avoid pregnancy. But in effect he conceded defeat in advance: "It is not for me to indicate to doctors what they should decide, for medical reasons, to prescribe for their patients." He therefore left...