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Medicine in Britain, c1250–present

Approaches to prevention and treatment, c1900–present

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Overview

The NHS of 1948 under Bevan, the Beveridge Report, free treatment at the point of use, doctors' opposition and wider access to care, magic bullets from Salvarsan 606 to Prontosil, antibiotics and resistance, high-tech treatment, mass vaccination and the eradication of smallpox, and government campaigns to change how people live.

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Key term

How did the NHS change access to care for ordinary families?

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When did the NHS begin, and which minister was responsible for it?

Key term

Which report of 1942 led towards the NHS, and what did it call disease?

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  1. 1

    When did the NHS begin, and which minister was responsible for it?

    Model answer

    It began in 1948, under the health minister Aneurin Bevan.

  2. 2

    Which report of 1942 led towards the NHS, and what did it call disease?

    Model answer

    The Beveridge Report, which named disease as one of the five giants holding the British people back.

  3. 3

    What is the central principle of the NHS?

    Model answer

    Treatment is free at the point of use and paid for out of taxation, so care does not depend on ability to pay.

  4. 4

    Why did many doctors oppose the founding of the NHS?

    Model answer

    They feared losing their independence and their incomes as private practitioners once the government controlled the service.

  5. 5

    How did the NHS change access to care for ordinary families?

    Model answer

    Everyone could see a doctor, be admitted to hospital and receive medicine without paying at the time, including women and children who had rarely been covered before.

  6. 6

    What is a magic bullet?

    Model answer

    A chemical drug that kills the microbe causing a disease without harming the patient.

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