c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain: Edexcel GCSE History questions

Every Edexcel GCSE History exam question on c1900–present c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 15 questions on c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain, as a list

June 2025, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why Pasteur’s Germ Theory (1861) led to changes in medicine in the years c1861–present. You may use the following in your answer: Koch’s work identifyin
June 2025, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘In the years c1800–present, the role of the government was the most important factor in improving care and treatment in hospitals.’ How far do you agree? Expla
June 2024, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which the treatment of infectious diseases in the medieval period (c1250–c1500) was different from the treatment of infectious diseases in th
June 2024, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘The role of individuals was the most important factor in the prevention of illness in the years c1700–present.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. You
June 2023, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which ideas about prevention of illness in the medieval period were similar to ideas about the prevention of illness in the modern period.
June 2023, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why access to medical care and treatment improved in the modern period. You may use the following in your answer: hospitals General Practitioners (GPs)
June 2022, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why attitudes towards surgery changed in the period c1800–present. You may use the following in your answer: anaesthetics high-tech surgery You must als
June 2022, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘In the years c1800–present, the work of Pasteur was the most significant development in understanding the causes of illness.’ How far do you agree? Explain you
November 2021, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which surgery in the years c1700–c1800 was different from surgery in the years c1900–present.
November 2020, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which the role of the physician in the medieval period was similar to the role of the doctor in the NHS in the modern period.
November 2020, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why developments in science and technology led to rapid progress in medicine in the years c1900–present. You may use the following in your answer: chemo
June 2019, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which ideas about the cause of illness in the years c1700–c1850 were different from ideas about the cause of illness in the years c1900–prese
June 2019, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘Providing access to care and treatment has been the most important development in the role of government in medicine in the years c1800–present.’ How far do yo
June 2018, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why there was progress in the prevention of illness in the years c1700–present. You may use the following in your answer: Public Health Act 1875 healthy
June 2018, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘The advances in surgery made in the years c1700–c1900 were more significant than advances in surgery made in the period c1900–present.’ How far do you agree? E

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