Healthcare (T3)

Question 1

What are some background facts about Aneurin Bevan?

Answer 1

• Born into a mining family from South Wales, left school at 13 to work in a coal mine.
• Became Minister of Health in the Attlee government.
• Bevan aimed to create a centrally run system

Question 2

Who was the minister for health in Atlee’s government?

Answer 2

Aneurin Bevan

Question 3

Describe the National Health service act:

• What was it?
• When was it put in place?

Answer 3

• The NHSA established a far more coordinated, centralised system
• It was put in place in 1946

Question 4

What type of hospital was nationalised under the 1946 National Health Service Act?

Answer 4

Voluntary hospitals were nationalised

- Also the approved societies were forced to rely on private clients

Question 5

How did the Conservatives form the opposition to the NHS?

Answer 5

• They voted against the formation of the NHS 21 times before the act was passed (they were against state control)
• Some Tory MPs said terms like ‘medical gestapo’ and ‘medical fuhrer’
• Bevan attacked the Tories for for opposing the NHS- -saying