This article examines the significance of the Beveridge report in the light of subsequent developments in health policy and the National Health Service, and considers Beveridge's vision and principles in the context of current and future health challenges. In exploring the post-war history of health policy and services, it focuses on key themes in the Beveridge report such as prevention, coordination, comprehensive health coverage, funding and the role of the private and voluntary sectors. It argues that in the face of current and future challenges, public health, healthcare and social care should have equal status and an effective system of funding is needed across these three subsystems not only to provide appropriate resources but to ensure that prevention and coordination are prioritised and voluntary action encouraged. In the light of experience, the role of commercial organisations in health and care is more open to challenge. It is also argued that there must also be better coordination of health policy with other spheres of policy making—not just welfare and social policies but economic and environmental policies as well. This agenda requires the kind of joined-up thinking that Beveridge himself would have applauded.

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本文根据卫生政策和国家卫生服务的后续发展检验贝弗里奇报告的重要性，并在当前和未来的健康挑战背景下考虑贝弗里奇的愿景和原则。在探索战后卫生政策和服务的历史时，它侧重于贝弗里奇报告中的关键主题，例如预防、协调、全面的健康覆盖、资金以及私营和志愿部门的作用。它认为，面对当前和未来的挑战，公共卫生、医疗保健和社会关怀应享有同等地位，需要在这三个子系统之间建立有效的资金体系，不仅要提供适当的资源，还要确保优先考虑预防和协调并鼓励自愿行动。根据经验，商业组织在医疗保健中的作用更容易受到挑战。还有人认为，卫生政策还必须与其他决策领域更好地协调——不仅是福利和社会政策，还包括经济和环境政策。这个议程需要贝弗里奇本人会为之鼓掌的那种联合思考。