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Impact of WW2 (Government Attitude to Poverty (Government Included: Labour…
Impact of WW2
Government Attitude to Poverty
Government Included: Labour, Conservative and Liberal politicians
Winston Churchill Primeminister
Government become more involved in peoples lives
Most people welcomed government intervention
Took active interest in peoples lives
NHS
In 1942 Beveridge proposed a free nation health service
In 1945 a new labour government was elected – supported workers
In 1946 the national health service act was passed
The NHS had two key features:
Available to all
It covered all necessary forms of health care
5th July 1948 – the first day of the NHS
Diet
Germans tried to stop supply of food to Britain
1940 Government introduced measures
Rationing of foodstuffs, clothing nad fuel
Price at restaurants limited
Extra meals and milk provided for expecting mother
Helped change attitudes - everyone being restricted togther
Created sense of sharing and cooperation in Britian
It was accepted that the Government was more involved in people's health and food intake
Evacuation
Many families evacuies went to were middle or upper class
They were shocked by conditions of people arriving from the industrial cities
Industrial children
wore rags
could suffer from developmental illnesses such as polio and rickets
poorly educated
suffered from lack of clean air
How were attitudes changed?
Working class children mixed with more affluent children
highlighted serve poverty
Upper and lower class people brought together
Medicine
Surgery
Skin graft and treatment of burns improved
All surgery improved
Blood transfusions
Discovered how to store it
WWII attitudes start to change and citizens start to donate blood
Penicillin
By end of war enough to treat all allies forces
Penicillin US finical support = mass production
Vaccinations
National campaign
Propaganda
mainly vaccinations for diphtheria - highly contagious
Health Education
Poster etc.
Beveridge Report
William Beveridge
worker for liberal government - help with reforms
In war appointed head of committed to investage social security of britian
social policy expert
5 Giants (5 problems that prevented people bettering themselves)
ignorance
caused by lack of edcuation
want
caused by poverty
squalor
caused by poor housing
idleness
caused by lack of jobs, or ability to gain employment
disease
caused by poverty
The Report
Published 1942
Recommendations for a system that would be:
comprehensive
universal (available to all)
contributory - paid into from wages
non means tested - available even if unable to pay
compulsory - all worker must conbriuted