The Committee of Enquiry into the Cost of the National Health Service, led by CW Guillebaud, published its report, highlighting underfunding of the NHS.
The Report of the Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency (chaired by Baron Percy of Newcastle) recommended that care should be provided in the community.
Legislation was introduced to implement the Percy Commission's 1957 recommendations to move care for people with 'a mental disorder' into the community.
The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine was established to supervise boards representing health professions, later becoming the Health and Care Professions Council.
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.
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.
