Health service in Great Britain

Exercise 1. Active Vocabulary:

To be introduced – [ ] – бути введеним;

break – [ ] – розрив, відхід;

benefit – [ ] – перевага;

to afford – [ ] – мати можливість;

charity – [ ] – благодійність, милосердя;

spectacles – [ ] – окуляри;

range – [ ] – низка;

well-off – [ ] – заможній;

to be entitled – [ ] – бути уповноваженим;

approved – [ ] – схвалений.

Exercise 2. Translate the following word combinations:

To be introduced into practice, a complete break, the benefits available to insured persons, ones who could afford to pay, a form of charity, free emergency medical treatment, well-off people, to become entitled to practice, a range of home and clinical services.

Passive Voice

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action (My bike was stolen – Мій велосипед було викрадено). In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows (A mistake was made – Помилку біло зроблено). In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (You have made a mistake – Ви зробили помилку).

Forming of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence

• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)

• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Exercise 3. Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1. the documents / print ____________________________________

2. the window / open ____________________________________

3. the shoes / buy ____________________________________

4. the car / wash ____________________________________

5. the litter / throw away ____________________________________

6. the letter / send ____________________________________

7. the book / read / not ____________________________________

8. the songs / sing / not ____________________________________

9. the food / eat / not ____________________________________

10. the shop / close / not____________________________________

Health service in Great Britain

The National Health Service Act was introduced into practice in 1948. A new health service did not mean a complete break of the past. On the contrary, all that was good in the existing services was absorbed into a new scheme. NHS made it possible that the benefits once available only to insured persons or those who could afford to pay for them, or as a form of charity, became available tо everyone.

Most medical treatment in Great Britain is free but charges are made for drugs, spectacles and dental саrе. Free emergency medical treatment is given to any visitor from abroad who becomes ill while staying in the country.

NHS provides free medical treatment both in hospitals and outside. It consists of three main parts: the general practitioner (including dental) services (GPS); the hospital and specialist services; local health authority services comprising a range of home and clinical services for prevention, treatment or саrе.

People are free to choose any medical service or any doctor. In big towns there are some private hospitals called "nursing homes". Many well-off people prefer to be private patients. In fact, 97% of the population uses NHS. The great majority of specialists and general practitioners join the Service. The practitioner services consist of the Family Doctor Service (FDS), the Dental Service (DS) and the Pharmaceutical Service (PhS). Аll these services provide the patient with individual medical саrе that he needs.

Only persons whose names are on the medical register can practice as doctors in NHS, and only persons whose names are on the dental register can practice dentistry in Britain. Before becoming fully registered and entitled to practice independently a medical student must spend at least a year after the completion of his examinations in satisfactory service in a resident medical capacity in one or mоrе approved hospitals or institutions.