With the advent of National Health Insurance the friendly society movement in this country entered upon a new phase of its history. The period which has elapsed since 1911 has witnessed farreaching changes affecting not only the methods by which friendly societies conduct their operations and the nature of the benefits they offer but also the character of their experience and even the outlook of the members. It may not be without interest therefore to review the more important of these changes so far as this is possible within the limits of a short paper.