THEME 2 - creating a welfare state -1918-45 government action/health policies + impact Flashcards
what was healthcare like in 1918
1911 - liberwals introduced compulsary health insurance for those earning small amount - only applied to wage earners
Victorian poor law provided some hospital care
Palliative care
Wounded from WW1 needed care - increased opinion that aid required from gov
1919-29 what was the ministry of health’s purpose
- cordinate helath at regional level
- administer funds raised by national insurance health scheme
1919-29 what was the tuberculosis act 1921 and what was its impact
- result of number 1 deadly disease - WHY
- made provision of TB sanatoria by local authorities mandatory - WHAT
- TB cases decreased each year between 1920-1938 - IMPACT
1919-29 what was the local gov act 1929 and what was its impact
- allowed councils to convert poor law infirmaries into public hospitals - WHAT
- gave local authorities responsibility for more areas of health - WHAT
-re-organisation if healthcare on a regional basis, it enabled local authorities to provide medical services to the entire pop of an area - IMPACT
The depression years - 1929-35 - what was the situation with health
how many people insured against illness in 1929?
what was there a consensus over?
what did uninsured people rely on?
- 50%
-Current failing provision of health, still favored regional rather than national service
-private healthcare
1939-39
facts about health - maternal mortality rates and life expectancy
maternal mortality rates 50% higher in low income groups than middle class
middle class men lived 12 years longer than working class and middle class women 19 years longer than working class women
health during ww2 - 1939-45
what was the white paper 1944?
what aided the creation of a national system for health?
a new national system for health paid for by general taxation (foundation for NHS)
- air raid threat 1930’s lead to 1939 emergency medical act which meant the gov dictated hospital activities which lead to the creation of a national system AS WELL AS a change of attitude in the medical profession
