a system in which the government accepts responsibility for protecting people's quality of life

actions and systems intended to prevent disease and maintain good health within communities

dirty or unhealthy and therefore likely to cause disease

the medicine someone needs to treat a health condition

The welfare state and the NHS

History

Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease

Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease

Medieval surgery

Medieval caregivers

The role of Christianity in Medieval medicine

The nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery

Medieval public health in towns and monasteries

The Black Death

Renaissance ideas about disease and illness

Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention

Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery

William Harvey

Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

The Great Plague of 1665

John Hunter

Edward Jenner and vaccination

New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

A 19th century revolution in surgery

The growth of hospital care in the 19th century

Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

Improvements in public health in the 19th century

Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease

Modern improvements in diagnosis

The development of magic bullets and antibiotics

Modern approaches to medical treatment

Improvements in modern surgery

The Liberal reforms and public health

Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

In this unit, pupils learn about a theme in British history over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine this theme, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic Studies

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

A {{}} state is a system in which the government accepts responsibility for protecting people's quality of life.

How many new houses were built each year in the UK by 1953?

New housing was often built cheaply so suffered from mould.

People who were relocated were not allowed to receive free NHS treatment.

New houses were still usually overcrowded allowing diseases to spread.

Why did some people who were relocated from slums to new housing develop breathing issues?

In 1951, the NHS introduced fees in which of the following areas?

The Beveridge Report only recommended that the government fight disease.

The Beveridge Report only recommended that the government fight squalor.

The Beveridge Report recommended government action against disease and squalour.

The Beveridge Report recommended a laissez-faire approach to public health.

the belief that governments should not interfere in people’s daily lives

the belief that governments should act to protect people's health and wellbeing

the belief that there should not be any government

{{}} are tiny living organisms that cause disease.

Which technology, first used in the 1890s, allowed doctors to see inside the body without surgery?

Which 19th-century law required local authorities to provide clean water and sewers?

{{ }} are medicines that treat infections caused by bacteria.

{{}} is the hereditary information carried in all living cells.

The welfare state and the NHS

Lesson outcome

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