B6 U21- How health and social care developed in the UK

B6 U21- How health and social care developed in the UK

1. The vision of an all inclusive welfare state

   • Before the Welfare State - lack of basic, accessible health service
   • 1930s - unemployment soaring meaning many people could not afford medical help
   • After the war, no-one wanted to go back to how things were
   • 'Total war' - involving civilians and armed forces
   • Coalition government - Winston Churchill
   • 1941 - Sir William Beveridge is appointed to look at social insurance and social services
   • 1942 - Social Insurance and Allied Services - "Beveridge Report"
     • universal scheme covering everyone
     • unified and simple - people only had to pay into one fund to cover every benefit
     • Not means tested
     • national minimum - basic necessities covered
     • 'Flat rate' scheme - everyone pays the same and if claiming, they claim the same

2. The Beveridge Report - Implications for Care

3. Back to the drawing board

4. Social Care - the poor relation?

5. The new National Health Service