Legislation enabled local authorities to provide assistance to voluntary and community groups to provide meals and recreational services for the elderly.
The Medical Services Review Committee, led by Sir Arthur Porritt, reviewed the NHS's first 10 years and made recommendations suggesting that the tripartite system of services was too sharply divided.
Legislation created the ministry and post of Minister of Social Security, merging the Ministry of Pensions and National Assistance with the Supplementary Benefits Commission.
Following changes in societal attitudes in the 1960s, legislation increased access to contraceptive advice and legalised abortion under certain conditions.
The Department of Health and Social Security published a set of inquiry reports following allegations by campaigner Barbara Robb concerning the care of elderly patients in seven hospitals.
'Administrative structure of the medical and related services in England and Wales' and 'Future structure of the National Health Service in England' proposed the creation of area authorities.
