Hospitals

• What was the focus of hospitals from the 18th century onwards?

  Hospitals focused more on treating patients.
• What were the main changes in hospitals during the 18th century?

  • Shift from caring to treating patients
  • Improvement in nursing standards
  • Establishment of charity hospitals
• What event in the 1530s led to the closure of many hospitals in Britain?

  Henry VIII closed down most of Britain's monasteries.
• Who significantly improved nursing standards in the 18th century?

  Florence Nightingale.
• What were the conditions like in workhouses during the 19th century?

  Conditions were poor.
• What was the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries on hospitals in Britain?

  It led to the closure of a large number of hospitals.
• What movement began in the 1850s regarding workhouse infirmaries?

  A movement to improve conditions began.
• What type of hospitals opened in the early 18th century?

  Charity hospitals.
• What was the purpose of hospitals founded alongside universities in the 19th century?

  They were used as training schools for doctors and for conducting scientific research.
• What criteria were used for admitting patients to hospitals in the 18th century?

  Only those likely to recover quickly were admitted.
• Who had a greater chance of being admitted to hospitals in the 18th century?

  The 'deserving' poor had a greater chance of being admitted.
• Which hospitals were founded alongside universities or medical schools in the 19th century?

  Charing Cross Hospital, University College Hospital, and King's College Hospital.
• What was the primary function of cottage hospitals?

  To provide care for people in rural areas.
• Who funded the charity hospitals that opened in the early 18th century?

  They were funded by the rich.
• What services did dispensaries provide to poor people?

  • Free non-residential care
  • Medicines without charge
  • Non-surgical services from dentists and midwives
• Where were most poor people treated before the 18th century?

  In workhouses.
• When did cottage hospitals, run by GPs, begin to open?

  From the 1860s.
• What were the key developments in hospitals from the 18th to the 19th century?

  • Shift from caring to treating patients
  • Establishment of charity hospitals
  • Opening of hospitals alongside universities
  • Introduction of cottage hospitals