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Public Health. 20 th Century Public Health. Describe the origins of public health policy in the UK from the 20 th century. Identify key dates for the evolution of modern day public health practice. Explain key legislations of the 20 th century. Learning Outcomes. Public Health.

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Public Health

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  1. Public Health 20th Century Public Health

  2. Describe the origins of public health policy in the UK from the 20th century. • Identify key dates for the evolution of modern day public health practice. • Explain key legislations of the 20thcentury Learning Outcomes

  3. Public Health • In the 20th century, the government accepted the need to care for all its citizens 'from the cradle to the grave', and there was a greater focus than ever before on the health of the nation.

  4. Public Health • Key steps in the development of the public health policies of today include:

  5. Public Health • 1918: After the First World War, the British Prime Minister Lloyd George promised the soldiers returning from the battlegrounds of Europe 'homes fit for heroes'. The government set itself a target of building half-a-million decent homes by 1933.

  6. Public Health • 1919: A Ministry of Health was set up to look after sanitation, health care and disease, as well as the training of doctors, nurses and dentists, and maternity and children's welfare.

  7. Public Health • 1921: Local authorities were required to set up TB sanatoria.

  8. Public Health • 1934: Although the economic depression of the 1930s caused government to cut back on spending, it passed the Free School Milk Act and encouraged local councils to give poor children free school meals.

  9. Public Health • 1942: During the Second World War, the need to give people something to fight for led the government to commission up the Beveridge Report.

  10. Public Health • Beveridge recommended a Welfare State, which would provide social security, free health care, free education, council housing and full employment.

  11. Public Health • 1946: The New Towns Act planned new towns such as Stevenage and Newton Aycliffe to replace the inner-city slums. The Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 set a target of 300,000 new homes a year, and identified 'green belts' where housing would not be allowed to continue to swallow up the countryside.

  12. Public Health • 5 July 1948: The 'appointed day' for the start of the National Health Service.

  13. Public Health • 1956: The Clean Air Act imposed smokeless zones in cities and reduced smog.

  14. Public Health • 1980: The Black Report stated that huge inequalities in health still existed between the rich and the poor in Britain.

  15. Public Health • Recently: Worries about the cost of the National Health Service have grown. • What future problems do you think there are? • How can we overcome these problems?

  16. Describe the origins of public health policy in the UK from the 20th century. • Identify key dates for the evolution of modern day public health practice. • Explain key legislations of the 20thcentury Learning Outcomes

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