WW2 - Welfare Flashcards
When/What was the Emergency Medical Service?
1939 -
It was a national emergency healthcare system introduced to treat everyone who was a casualty of the Blitz (bombs).
What did the Emergency Medical Service being created in 1939 MEAN?
That esources were “pooled” and the attitude of the medical profession changed - they were persuaded by the government funding for resources during this time and a boost in their wages.
What was the IMPACT of the 1939 Emergency Medical Service?
More people than ever before gained access to healthcare.
By the end of the war the NHS was treating civilians and evacuated children.
More people became sympathetic to the idea of a nationalised healthcare system.
When/What was the Beveridge Report?
1942 (Written by William Beveridge) - A report that called for welfare to be centralised, regulated by the government and funded by a single insurance payment.
What did the Beveridge Report MEAN for Britain?
A system based on no means testing or at the same time ‘dependence’ on government handouts.
What was the IMPACT of the Beveridge Report?
It presented a concrete plan for postwar reconstruction of british society and captured the clear feeling of the time that the war was being fought to deliver a better world.
An inclusive welfare system would be a part of this.
When/What was the Butler Act?
1944 - A plan to battle the Giant of ‘Ignorance’ (Beveridge Report)
What did the Butler Act MEAN for education?
The school leaving age was raised to 15 in 1947.
Secondary education was made free for everyone.
There would be no fees for attending grammar schools and there would be T-Schools, Secondary Modern Schools and Grammar Schools made also.
What IMPACT did the Butler Act have?
Very few T-Schools were built because of the cost.
- Only 5% of children attended -
Modern Schools gave general education but only 20% received a highly academic grammar school education.
