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Analyse and evaluate the changes to both the welfare state and the National Health Service from their beginnings to the present. Ensure that you focus particularly on the changes under the Conservative Government
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Sociology Assignment: The Development of the Welfare state and the National Health Service in Britain Task 1 * In pairs produce an A3 poster describing the key developments linked with poverty during the years 1600-1940 See attached sheet * Individually, describe in more detail two of these key developments Key Development 1: The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 ('Old Poor Law') The Poor Law of 1601was introduced as a response by the Government to rising levels of concern over how 'the poor' should be supported. As a result of several poor harvests, and soldiers returning from war there was increased vagrancy which concerned the Government who were increasingly worried about the possibility of social disorder and revolt. Under The Poor Law of 160, each parish was made responsible for its own parishioners that were impoverished, frail or handicapped and in need of support. Each parish became obliged to relieve the old and the helpless, to provide...
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