Twentieth Century And The NHS Flashcards
What were the liberal social reforms
The liberal government passed reforms to reduce poverty
Like free school meals
National insurance
How did the bowe war have an impact on the public health reform
During war they found it very hard to recruit fit young men and 1 in 3 potential recruits were refeused on medical grounds This led to the questioning of the physical health of working class men and the government had to do something about it to ensure basic health levels
What changed were made in school in 1906-7
Free school meals
And school medical examinations were ordered for all children
What was the beveridge report
During ww2 it set out proposals for change after the war was won
To fight the 5 giants evils of war, diesease, ignorance, squalor and ildleness
How did the beveridge report help the info of the NHS
The new labour leader agreeed to implement the ideas of the beveridge report and create a true welfare state
What does the term ‘cradle to grave’ mean
Helped my everyone from birth to old age
What were the aims of the NHS
All public health people were brought together to provide free services for all pint of deli every and which was financed out of taxations
What bad things happened to the NHS
The demand for health care was huge and the budget became very under pressure so the it soon came to the end of a completely free NHS
E.g. You now had to pay for spectacles
Why and who were people against the NHS
Local authorities because hospitals would be nationalised
The cost, it was an expensive venture
Doctors didn’t want to be employed by the government and so feared loss of income
What were the for arguments for the NHS and who influenced this
Bevan > won over many medical professions
Promised them salarys
Free health services so poor were very happy
Rich and poor treated the same
What were some achievents of the NHS
Impact of women > women’s health was a priority
Maternal morality has been reducing
Family doctors > offered a whole range of health services
What are pharmaceutical companies
They play an important role in researching and developing news medicines and mass produce those drugs
What haleped pharmaceutical industries to take off
The mass production of drugs in the 1940s particularly penicillin
What has improved modern treatments largely
New technology like radiation therapy and lasers
