2 Health provision 1939-1945 Flashcards
By 1939, infant mortality rates were?
in decline: in England and Wales it dropped from 14.3/1000 in 1910 to 12/1000 between 1936-1938.
realtionship between maternal mortality rates and money?
in the 1920s and 1930s, mortality rates were 50% higher in low income groups than in the middle class
mortality rate middle class vs working class women
middle class women lived 19 years longer than working class women, men being 12 years longer
1931 Political and Economic Planning think tank: what did they do?
monitored health policy, arguing british healthcare lagged behind other developing countries
it argued healthcare provision was inefficient, poorly coordinated, and badly regulated
government typhoid breakout
Croydon 1937: almost 50 people died, failured to respond from the government
the ministry of heatlh were…
discussing plans for regional health boards managed by the government centrally
the impact of WWII on healthcare
national emergency healthcare system
new consensus
threat of air raids meant detailed planning before the war about how to care for the wounded
the emergency medical service: what was it?
first aid for those wounded in air raids
allowed gov to control hospital activity
resulted in a national system of sharing resources skills and expertise
why was it appealing to previously independent doctors?
central organising power of the state, along with more funding
1941 Medical Planning Research
a group of 200 doctors endorsed provisional plans for the NHS
negotiations 1942-1944?
docs represented by the BMA, and managers of local authority, private, and voluntary hospitals.w
waht did the government publiushed?
White Paper on health in 1944 reccommending a new national syste, paid for by general taxes.
