NHS

Question 1

What led to the Beveridge Report of 1942?

Answer 1

• Public remembering broken promises about social changes that would happen after WW1
• Awareness of poverty

Question 2

What were the five ‘giant evils’ in the Beveridge report?

Answer 2

• Want
• Disease
• Ignorance
• Squalor
• Idleness

Question 3

What the Beveridge Report propose about healthcare?

Answer 3

• NHS
• Provide free healthcare at point of access

Question 4

Who led to the creation of the NHS?

Answer 4

Aneurin Bevan (determined to turn Beveridge’s ideas into reality)

Question 5

How did Bevan overcome opposition from medical establishment?

Answer 5

• Compromised wisely
• Doctors feared loss of income: allowed them to continue to treat patients privately while working in the NHS

Question 6

What were the outcomes of the creation of NHS?

Answer 6

• Life expectancy rose
• Infant mortality fell
• People were diagnosed and treated for free (very accessible)

Question 7

What contributed to the creation of the NHS?

Answer 7

• Remarkable (when view in a long term perspective 1848 and 1948)
• Broke harmful continuity (widely available healthcare access, did not require payment)
• WW2 (catalyst for social, political, technological changes, accelerated acceptance of ideas, amplified existing demands)
• Role of Individual (McIndoe, Beveridge, Bevan) shaped the attitudes and catered for needs of the time