NHS History

Question 0

What year was the charge of 1 shilling introduced for prescriptions and flat rate of 1 pound for dental treatment?

Answer 0

1952

Question 1

What year was the NHS born?

Answer 1

July 5th 1948

Question 2

What year was the hospital plan created?

The separation of NHS into 3 parts: Hospitals, GP & Local health authorities

Answer 2

1962

Question 3

What year was the Salmon Report?

Made recommendations for the development of senior nursing staff

Answer 3

1967

Question 4

What year was the first NHS heart transplant?

Answer 4

1968

Question 5

What year was the first test tube baby born?

Answer 5

1978

Question 6

What year was the black report made?

Answer 6

1980

(Aim of report was to eliminate health inequalities that still exist in the foundation of NHS:

• Eg. differences between social classes in usage of medical services
• Infant Rates
• Mortality Rates

Question 7

What year was the heart, lung and liver transplant?

Answer 7

1987

Question 8

What year was the breast screening programme?

Answer 8

1988

Question 9

What year was the NHS community care act introduced?

Answer 9

1990

Internal market is introduced so health authorities manage their own budgets

Question 10

What year was the first NHS trust established?

Answer 10

1991

Question 11

What year was the first NHS organ donor registration?

Answer 11

1994

Question 12

What year did the NHS direct launch?

Answer 12

1998

Question 13

What year were NHS walk in centres introduced?

Answer 13

2000