Correspondence with the general public on the National Health Service, with correspondents including: Michael Alison, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security, on licences for herbal medicines; Derek Bryce-Smith [Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Reading] on fluoridation of water; Reginald Murley [Royal College of Surgeons] on the emigration of British doctors (2); Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Social Services, on the employment of doctors from overseas.

Also includes: article by Brian Watkin, Senior Tutor in Health Care Administration at the University of Manchester, on The Great Health Service Jobs Shambles; Department of Health and Social Security pamphlet and paper on the licensing system for medicines; articles by John Wain and James Benfield, Chairman of the Research Committee of the New York Academy of Dentistry, on the fluoridation of water; text of JEP's foreword to Health or Health Service, by Dr Wyndham Davies; consultative document on National Health Service reorganisation; pamphlet and article by Dr I M Kraas on general practice workloads; papers by David Rhydderch, Chairman of Birmingham Executive Council on problems with the National Health Service; statement to the Committee of Ways and Means by H Wesley Wray, Vice-President of the Physicians Health Congress, California [United States], on National Health Insurance.