1900s Public Health Flashcards
What did William Beveridge do?
Beveridge wrote a report on what should be done to improve public health
What was included in the Beverige report?
Setting up a free NHS by using taxes.
Cradle to the grave plan.
National Insurance paid from wages to benefit people who could not work e.g. old ages, sick pay, maternity.
What was the National Insurance Act
Where sick pay and medical help was given to workers when they could not work. The money was taken from the wages and put in a sickness fund
What were the positive and negative impacts of the National Insurance act
+People could afford to get medical help and would get sick pay so they could recover, which improved public health.
-It only included working people so unemployed people could not afford healthcare.
What impact did World War Two have on Public Health in the 1900s
People were brought together by war and now thought that everyone should have good healthcare not just the wealthy.
After all the sacrifices of war people wanted a better and brighter future
During the war many people did get free healthcare to help with the war effort.
What was the limitation (oppostion) to the NHS
The doctors opposed the NHS because
They were afraid to loose their freedom
They thought that they would earn less money (They were then allowed to treat private patients)
What is the NHS
Where everyperson could get free healthcare.
What were the positive impacts of the NHS
Many hospitals were rebuilt
Doctors and nurses got new equipment
Increased life expectancy, especially women in childbirth
What impacts did the Second World War have on public health in the 1900s?
- Diet - rationing improved some people’s diet, government encouraged healthy eating, reducing the spread of disease and infection.
- Poverty - evacuation took children out of urban areas. Highlighted contrast between rich and poor and increased awareness of how disadvantaged many people were. Meant they could improve conditions, so improve public health in general so there is less disease and infection and less spread of disease and infection in general.
- Hygiene - government posters educate people about health and hygiene, so people’s public health is generally better, so there is less disease and infection, so there is generally less spread of disease and infection, so public health has improved.
- WW2 broke down social distinctions and brought people together.
- The raising of armies made powerful people take notice of the health problems of the poor.
- After the Second World War people looked for improvements in society. Such feelings led to the 1945 victory for the Labour Party.
Who introduced the National Health Service?
-Aneurin Bevan was the Labour Minister for Health who introduced the National Health Service after the Second World War (WW2) in the 1900s.
What are the problems/limitations with the NHS?
- Governments have reduced how much of the NHS is free - charging for prescriptions and dental health.
- Long waiting lists and doubts about the quality of treatment have led to paying for treatment outside NHS.
- Longer life expectancies have meant more need for care of the elderly and increased costs for the NHS.
