Canada's Welfare State and the British Model

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How did the National Health Service (NHS) aim to improve the health of Canadians in the 1940s?

The National Health Service (NHS) aimed to clean up "the pool of ill health" by improving education and housing and providing full employment, which would reduce the need for medical care and free up doctors to build up good health.

What model of welfare did Canada adopt in the 1940s?

Canada adopted the British model of welfare in the 1940s, which prioritized full employment and a backup social security system to provide for those at social risk.

What ideas did Sir William Beveridge's model of welfare draw upon?

Sir William Beveridge's model of welfare drew upon the British model of prioritizing full employment and a backup social security system to provide for those at social risk.

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In the 1940s, Canada designed its welfare state using the British model of prioritizing full employment and a backup social security system to provide for those at social risk.
The National Health Service (NHS) was designed to try to clean up "the pool of ill health" while other departments were working on other problems connected to want, disease, ignorance, squalor, and idleness.
Through providing full employment and by improving education and housing, disease would be reduced and there would be less demand on medical care, freeing up doctors to build up good health.
This system was adapted from Sir William Beveridge's ideas, which were based on the British model of prioritizing full employment and a backup social security system to provide for those at social risk.