Modern Public Health Flashcards
(26 cards)
when was the NHS established
1984
who was Aneurin Bevan
labour minister of health who after negotiation, introduced the NHS
what did NHS allow
free treatment for all patients
why did doctors oppose NHS- how were they convinced
- doctors didn’t like being controlled by the government
- they only convinced them by offering a payment for each patient and letting them continue to treating fee paying patients
why was NHS not abolished due to conservatives
NHS was too powerful to abolish when conservatives came back in 1951
what was the budget for the NHS in 2015
- in 2015 the budget was £116 billion overall
- very expensive
who was Bevridge
economist and social reformer
what did Bevridge state
government had a duty to care for all its citizens
what did bevridge suggest the creation of
a new welfare state
what did the labour gov. promise
1945 the labour gov. was elected and promised to implement Bevridges proposals
what was one of the labour gov. first acts
- to pass the national insurance act in 1946 to support anyone who couldn’t work as a result of sickness. pregnancy, unemployment or old age
who was the bevridge report commissioned by
British wartime gov.
after the war, between what years did the government build how many houses
- 1945-1951
- 800,000
what was the issue with housing
- toward the end of ww1 David Lloyd George said that he would need to tackle poor quality housing but many new councils were too expensive and the poorest families still lived in slums
- due to ww2 destruction for bombing and lack of housing led to sever housing shortages
when was the free school meals act and what did it include
Free school meals (local councils given power to provide free school meals for children)- 1906
when was the school medical inspections and what did it include
school medical inspections (doctors and nurses into schools for medical checks)- 1907
when was the children’s act and what did it include
the children’s act (children became protected persons)- 1908
when was the pensions act and what did it include
the pensions act (gave weekly pensions from gov. funds to the elderly)- 1908
when was the labour exchanges act and what did it include
the labour exchanges act (a. national network of labour state exchanges set up- helping unemployed)- 1909
when was back to back housing banned
back to back housing banned so fewer people lived in crowded filthy slums- 1909
what did Rowntree produce- what was it called
- survey on living conditions
- ‘Poverty, a Study of Town Life’
what did Rowntree discover about people in York
28% people in York couldn’t afford basic food and housing
what did Booths report discover
30% Londoners living in severe poverty
what was Booths report called and when was it published
‘Life and Labour go the People in London’ 1889
