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The history of the NHS

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which year was the National Health Service created?

a)

1945

b)

1948

c)

1979

d)

1923

2.

What was the name of the health secretary who created the NHS?

a)

Aneurin Bevan

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Anthony Eden

d)

Neville Chamberlain

3.

Which political party created the National Health Service?

4 lines
4.

Which of the following are services that the National Health Service offer?

a)

Mental health care

b)

General Practice

c)

Accident and Emergency

d)

Allied health care (such as physiotherapy)

5.

When the NHS was created what was the average life expectancy of a male?

a)

45

b)

89

c)

65

d)

75

6.

When the NHS was created what was the average life expectancy of a female?

a)

70

b)

45

c)

62

d)

54

7.

Within the first year of the NHS being introduced approximately how many sets of dentures were distributed?

a)

500000

b)

1000

c)

1000000

d)

250000

8.

Name the town in Wales where free healthcare existed in the 1920's which formed the blueprint for the NHS

a)

Merther Tydfill

b)

Newport

c)

Tredegar

d)

Llandudno

9.

Name the disease that all children were first immunised against during the Second World War

a)

Measles

b)

Diptheria

c)

Tuberculosis

d)

Meningitis

10.

What was the reason as to why the Conservative government was opposed to the introduction of an NHS?

a)

Financially cripped by war

b)

The Conservative government did not want working people to have the same access to healthcare as the middle classes