Edexcel GCSE History 1HI0
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88British depth
British America, 1713–83: Empire and RevolutionPeriod study
Conflict in the Middle East, 1945–95Period study
Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000–presentPaper 1 option
Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88British depth
Henry VIII and His Ministers, 1509–40British depth
London and the Second World War, 1939–45Paper 1 option
Mao’s China, 1945–76Modern depth
Medicine in Britain, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Migrants in Britain, c800–presentPaper 1 option
Notting Hill, c1948–c1970Paper 1 option
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41Modern depth
Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490–c1555Period study
Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91Period study
The American West, c1835–c1895Period study
The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: Injuries, Treatment and the TrenchesPaper 1 option
The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216British depth
The USA, 1954–75: Conflict at Home and AbroadModern depth
Warfare and British Society, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39Modern depth
Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: Crime, Policing and the Inner CityPaper 1 option
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.
What you need to know
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When did the NHS begin, and which minister was responsible for it?
Which report of 1942 led towards the NHS, and what did it call disease?
Questions from this subtopic
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When did the NHS begin, and which minister was responsible for it?
Model answer
It began in 1948, under the health minister Aneurin Bevan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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