R2320&21

The influence of sanitation and health care practices, patterns on society, food supply, diet, famine, disease, and their impact.

In 1928, The National Health Service was created in Britain. It provided health care including health services such as primary care, in-patient care, long-term healthcare, ophthalmology, and dentistry. It provided full and nearly free medical care to most people. Patients only had to pay few charges for prescriptions, dental treatment, glasses, dentures, and vaccinations. The National Health Service was financed through a general taxation and it helped create a welfare state which the Labour Party was striving for. The government was first influenced by a health care system by the army medical services in WWI and Lord Dawson believed they could copy the idea for the country.

Rivett, Geoffrey. //National Health Service History.// __The Start of the NHS.__ April 2009. []