20th Century Medicine: public health and prevention Flashcards
Give three groups of people who benefitted from the Liberal reforms from 1906 and why
Children: received free school meals and school medical inspections
Elderly: received pensions
Unemployed: could access a Labour Exchange to find a vacancy
How did the Second World War change attitudes towards public health?
Many children were evacuated from towns to homes in the countryside, where middle-class families were shocked to meet unhealthy and under-nourished children
What did Sir William Beveridge recommend in the Beveridge Report in 1942?
A National Health Service, free to everyone
How many copies of the Beveridge Report were sold?
600,000
How did Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan get around opposition from doctors to the National Health Service?
He agreed that doctors could continue to treat patients privately as well as working for the NHS
In what month and year was the NHS introduced?
July 1948
How many people in Britain had never seen a doctor before the NHS?
8 million
Give FIVE examples of services provided free at the point of delivery by the NHS
Any five from:
Hospitals
Specialists
Blood transfusion
Dentists
Medicines
Ambulances
Vaccination
Health centres
Home nursing
Maternity wards
In what year were blood groups first discovered?
1901
In what year was the polio vaccine developed?
1954
In what year was the vaccine for measles developed?
1964
In what year was the vaccine for meningitis B developed?
2015
How has the government tried to prevent the spread of influenza (flu)?
Providing free flu jabs for the elderly and key workers
What was the government’s Health of the Nation initiative in 1992?
It set the NHS targets to prevent and reduce deaths and illnesses
