RAT 19 - modern medicine role of government

What does NHS stand for?

• National Health Service
• National Heart Service
• Not Having Sickness
• National Healthier Service

When was the NHS set up?

• 1948
• 1949
• 1939
• 1937

How was the NHS paid for?

• tax
• donations
• charity
• church

When was the NHS free?

• at the point of delivery
• it was all free all of the time
• it was never free
• you had to pay health insurance

By the modern period, what had the government taken responsibility for?

• clean water and waste removal
• rubbish removal only
• clean water only
• providing anti bac

What did the government now recognise about interventions?

• that they had an impact
• that they had no impact
• that people must be forced to make changes
• that it helped people pass their GCSE exams.

What did the government make of some vaccinations?

• that they were compulsory
• that parents could choose
• that children could choose
• that they would only be offered to the elderly

What did the Clean Air Act try and reduce?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• smallpox
• miasma

What do government lifestyle campaigns aim to do?

• prevent disease
• treat disease
• be bossy
• inform people

Give an example of a government lifestyle campaign

• change4life
• eat less sugar
• don’t smoke
• eat your veg