Disease

• National Health Service 1946


  Provided free universal Health care at the point of service
• Positive of National Health Service 1946

  • Every British citizen could receive medical, dental and optical services free of charge. Treatment by GPs and in hospitals was free also
• Negative of National Health Service 1946

  • By 1950 the idea of free treatment for all was undermined when charges were introduced for spectacles, dental treatment and prescriptions
  • By 1950 the NHS was costing £358 million per year