British History Key Topic 2

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What was the 1931 economy act?
It introduced a means test (took all household benefits in to consideration when assessing benefits) and placed a cap of six months
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What was the National Hunger March? when was it?
3000 unemployed men walked to London to try and end the means test
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What was the death rate of children below the age of 1 in 1935-37?
out of 1000 births 82 died in Tyneside and 51 in London
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What was maternal mortality rates like in the 20's and 30's?
It was 50% higher in low-income groups
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What was the development of the NHS with Macmillian?
Macmillian Government (hospital plan-1962 led to the creation of 90 new hospitals, modernisation of 134, and refurbishment of 356 hospitals)
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What was the development of the NHS with Sir Keith Joseph?
1973 NHS reorganisation act brought a new management structure to the NHS
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What did Dr David Owen do to the NHS?
established Resource allocation working party which identified areas of health deprivation
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What was the Local Government act? when was it?
1929= neville chamberlain, passed responsibilty for poor law to local authorities
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what was Hospitals like in 1918-45?
there were public infirmitries managed by local authorities, charitable funded hospitals sicknes insurance didnt cover dependents
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What was the GP's like in 1918-45?
they charged for diagnosis and treatment, but some doctors treated poor patients for free
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What was the National Insurance act? when was it produced?
1970= gave pension rights to 100,000 people not covered by the 1948 national assistence act, increased child allowence and rent subsidies
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what was infant mortality like in 1950 and 1980?
1950= 30 in 1000 1980= 10 per 1000
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What percentage of GDP did Britain spend on health in 1950 and 1980?
1950= 3.5% 1980- 5%
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How did prescriptions increase in after the introduction of the NHS?
Millions of pairs of glasses and false teeth given, september 1948 number of prescriptions was 13.6 million rising from 6.8 million the previous June, NHS spent 250% on drugs in 1964 than 1951, after 1939 there were vaccinations for more illnesses
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How much did Britain and Sweden spend on healthcare in 1970?
UK=4.5% Sweden=7.2%
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How many NHS staff was there in 1951 and 79?
1951= 407,000 1979= 1 million
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When was the Hadow Report produced? What did it recommend?
1926- abolition of elementary schools, division between elementary and secondary schools, raise school leaving age to 15
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What was the Butler Act? when was it passed?
1944- state secondary schools would no longer charge fees, cost of mass education paid for from taxation, compulsory education raised till 15
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what were the Problems with the Butler Act?
socially divisive, secondary modern schools underfunded, Grammar schools took 20% of the most able students, few technical schools built
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what were comprehensives like in the 50's?
Harold Wilson called them "grammar schools" for all, first one built in 1954, it took on more students, offered more courses
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What was the Crowther Report? When was it published?
1959-recommended leaving age to 16, county colleges for post 16, and sixth form courses
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What was the Newsom Report? and when was it published?
"half of our future" 50% of children had poor education, advocated that sh
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What were comprehensives like in the 60's and 70's?
Document "circular 10/65" forced LEA's to adopt comprehensives through financial powers, In 1955 there was 16 comprehensives but in 1980 there was 3297
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What was the Percy Report? When was the Report produced?
1945-Recommended that science and engineering courses should be developed
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What was the Barlow Report? When was the Report produced?
Confimed that there were far too science students to fulfill future roles, they wanted government expansion
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What was the Robbins Report? when was it produced?
1963- warned that Britain was being overtaken by other countries in University performance, recommended 5 times more uiversity places by 1990
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How many 1st were awarded in 1920 and in 1980?
1920= 4,357 1980= 68,150
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