History A-Level
Continuity and change in health provision
What Continuity and change in health provision means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Continuity and change in health provision
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Health provision between 1918 and 1945 was fragmented and uneven, then the NHS was created in 1948 providing free care at the point of use, funded by taxation.
Topics that use Continuity and change in health provision
- Creating a welfare state, 1918–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Consensus and its limits in post-war Britain
- Economic pressure and the politics of welfare
- The impact of the NHS on access and inequality
- War as a catalyst for social reform
- The role of war in promoting social reform
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