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Impact of WW2 on Public Health (Beveridge Report 1942 (NHS Act 1946…
Impact of WW2 on Public Health
Medicine
Surgery
Improvements and advancements lead to better burn treatment and the development of skin grafts
Blood Transfusions
People began to donate blood
Penicillin
US funding meant that it could be mass produced
By 1944 enough to treat all allied soldiers
Diet
Rationing meant that people had a more controlled diet
There was a sense of unity between people because everyone was restricted
Government was involved in diet
Vitamins were added to food
Vaccination
People were encouraged to have vaccinations
National Campaign launched to immunise against Diptheria
Health (Education)
People were educated about health and hygiene by government funded posters and propaganda
Government Attitudes
Government became more involved in people's lives
Seen to be taking an active interest
People welcomed government intervention
Beveridge Report 1942
NHS Act 1946
Two Key Features
Available to all
Cover all necessary forms of health care
Opposition
Local Authority and Voluntary Hospitals
3,000 would be nationalised
Voluntary hospitals did not want this as they ran hospitals
Cost
NHS would be expensive
Everyone had to pay taxes
British Medical Association
Doctors did not want to be employed by the Government
No longer able to sell services
Reducing Opposition
Bevan promised Doctors a salary and allowed them to treat patients in NHS hospitals
Doctors could use NHS resources and hospitals
Five Giants
Stopped People bettering themselves
Want
Ignorance
Squalor
Idleness
Disease
Impact
Welfare state and NHS established
Recommendations
Needed a system to be:
Comprehensive
Universal
Contributary
Non - means tested
Compulsory
Evacuation
Upper and lower class citizens were brought together
Attitudes changed
Children were often better fed as evacuees