The history of the NHS; an organisation established after discussions lasting over a century on the provision of the health services to meet a long recognised need (Rivett, 2015).
Britain’s national health serves was established in the wake of the second world war (1939-1945) amid a broad consensus that healthcare should be made available to all, just after world war II the country was in a turmoil in terms of people’s health their housing was also destroyed as a result of the bombings and the working class had little income due to post-war economic circumstances and health care was only available either if it was paid for or if it was provided by the good will of already stretched …show more content…
(NHS Reform, 2012) Managerial consultants were brought in by the conservative government to work alongside local authorities doctors would no longer have financial duties they could focus on the patient, the managerial consultants would focus on the financial plans and decide where government money was best spent. This idea was introduced to improve the quality of care provided but instead only induced inequalities in access to health care, especially in regions sending more on their population than others. (Trust, 2012)
1979, Patrick Jenkin MP, (1979) “our proposals are designed to bring health authorities closer to the people.” (Jenkin, 1979) Bringing concerns including the aging population and costs of technical development putting strain on both the NHS funding and recourses.
1980’s, the secretary of social services David Ennals,1977 quoted “The crude differences in mortality rates between the various social classes are worrying.” (Ennals, 1977) The black report commissioned by labour published by the conservatives highlighted fundamental changes in the structure of the NHS were casing inequalities between social classes and the gap was