NHS & The Beveridge Report

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What were the 5 giant social evils identified by the Beveridge Report?
Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, Idleness
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What act was established in 1945?
Family Allowances Act
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Which acts were established in 1946?
NHS and National Insurance
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What act was established in 1947?
Town and Country Planning & New Towns
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What act was set up in 1948?
Children Act
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What act was set up in 1949?
Housing
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What did the beverdige report propose?
Universality, National Insurance, Family Allowances
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When did the NHS come into action?
1948
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What statistics correspond to women and the NHS?
Life expectancy increased 31 years in a century.
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Women were able to benefit from what in the NHS?
High quality maternity care
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What was the health minister who had to fight to get the NHS set up?
Labour minister Aneurin Bevan
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What did the Black Report of 1980 show?
That the poorest people's health had declined since the 1960's.
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How did prescription numbers change after the NHS?
Rose from 7 million in 1947 to 19 million in 1951.
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What did the NHS show?
That British people had been neglecting their health for years.
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How did the NHS affect children?
New school medical services were set up.
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What massive change did the NHS put in place for children?
The introduction of new vaccinations.
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What class did vaccinations specifically benefit?
The poorest class
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What effect did the NHS have on the number of doctors?
The numbers doubled between 1948-1973
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