The Creation and imapact of the National Health Service

Family Allowances Act

(1945) Allowance of 5 shillings per child in any family.

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National Insurance Act

(1946) Benefits for any worker who was unemployed, injured of sick.

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National Health Service Act

(1946) The NHS was set up in 1948 and gave free healthcare to all.

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Town and Country Planning and New Towns Act

(1947) Clearance of slums and bomb-damaged housing and relocation of many of the poorest in Britain’s cities to new towns.

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Children''s Act

(1948) Local authorities required to set up services for the protection of children.

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Housing Act

(1949) A massive programme of building new housing to meet the latest specification.

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(1946) Benefits for any worker who was unemployed, injured of sick.

National Insurance Act

(1946) The NHS was set up in 1948 and gave free healthcare to all.

(1947) Clearance of slums and bomb-damaged housing and relocation of many of the poorest in Britain’s cities to new towns.

(1948) Local authorities required to set up services for the protection of children.

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