UK National Health Service Explained

UK National Health Service

Explained

I Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English words.

creation створення

workforce трудові ресурси

free безкоштовний

charge стягувати плату

ambulance швидка допомога

per capita на душу населення

spending витрати

sprawl розтягувати

entity суб'єкт господарювання

baffling незбагненний

array безліч

board колегія

bitter opposition сильне протистояння

paymaster скарбник

rhyming slang римований сленг

turbulent бурхливий

advance прогрес

polio поліомієліт

diphtheria дифтерія

vaccination вакцинація

drastically радикально

contraceptive pill протизаплідна таблетка

test-tube baby дитина, яка народилась в результаті штучного запліднення

keyhole surgery лапароскопія

gene therapy генотерапія

failure провал

appalling жахливий

neglect нехтування

vulnerable вразливий

cost-cutting скорочення витрат

target ціль

endanger загрожувати

staffing кадрове забезпечення

stretched перевантажений

shortage нестача

commonplace звичайний

founding principle основоположний принцип

II Vocabulary focus. Study the words and  word combinations, check your understanding using flashcards, practise their translation, spelling. Check your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their translations to make cards disappear)  and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.

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III Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to use.

Operated; world; genetic; baby ; voluntary ; actually ; operation; operate on; cost ; visit ; most; workforce;  sounds ; dawn; workflow; sprawling ; creation; surgeries ; budget ; drawn; hit ; non-Brits; ambulance ; baffling ; surgeon; closest; free; psyche; per capita ; boards; double ; designed; standards; numerous ; sorely ; efficient ; regulation; strategy; deciding; religion; charge ; groups; reformed;

The National Health Service has been called ‘the 1)___________ thing the British have to a 2)___________’. Ever since its 3)___________ in 1948, it’s held a special place in the national 4)___________. And right from the beginning its 5)___________ has been 6)___________ from all over the 7)___________. The one thing most 8)___________ know about the NHS is that it’s 9)___________. So if you 10)___________ the doctor, it’s free, if you need an 11)___________, it’s free, having a 12)___________ is free, parking at the hospital is…  Actually, they 13)___________ you for parking at the hospital, but if you get 14)___________ by a car and need to go to a hospital by 15)___________ it’s free. While the NHS may be free to use, it’s not 16)___________ free. Next year’s health 17)___________ will be something like 140 billion pounds. The total 18)___________ works out to about two thousand pounds per year per person which 19)___________ a lot but that’s actually quite low by international 20)___________. In the US, for example, 21)___________ healthcare spending is more than 22)___________ that. The NHS may be one of the most 23)___________ health services in the world, but it’s also a 24)___________ entity. UK-wide there is a 25)___________ array of NHS bodies: over 500 clinical commissioning 26)___________, health 27)___________, and hospital trusts, about 8,000 GP 28)___________ plus the 29)___________ sector, private providers, and others. It also has 30)___________ separate bodies for 31)___________, trading, good 32)___________, ooh. Where was I? If that sounds like a system 33)___________ in need of a reform? That is the 34)___________ version, the product of the 2012 Act of Parliament 35)___________ to give much more power to doctors and 36)___________ how the money gets spent.

IV Watch the video and fill in the gaps in the text.

In fact, the whole 1)___________ of the NHS is a series of 2)___________ between 3)___________ and doctors. When the Labour 4)___________ first created the NHS in 1948, it was in the face of bitter 5)___________ from the doctors’ trade union, British Medical Association. One leading member of the BMA at the time said the NHS was the first 6)___________ and a big one towards national 7)___________ and called the Health Minister, Aneurin Bevan, a medical Fuhrer. Move 8)___________ to the present day, doctors are barely more 9)___________ about their political 10)___________. The current Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has found his name’s become, 11)___________ for him, rhyming 12)___________ for c…. But if NHS history has been politically 13)___________, it has also been packed with clinical 14)___________. In 1958 polio and diphtheria 15)___________ were rolled out nationally, drastically 16)___________ deaths from these 17)___________. In the 1960s the contraceptive pill was given first to married women, then all 18)___________ who wanted it. 1978 saw the world’s first test-tube baby 19)_____  ______, 1979 the first UK heart 20)___________. The 1980s saw pioneering use of keyhole 21)___________ and in 2002 the first gene 22)___________. But with glorious 23)___________ there have also been terrible 24)___________. In 2013 a report into appalling patient 25)___________ at Stafford Hospital identified hundreds of 26)___________ people who 27)___________ at the hands of staff and 28)____   _______ a culture change in the NHS. Patients, the report said, were let down by a system that put 29)___________ and target chasing ahead of the 30)___________ of care. Winter brings the services biggest 31)___________. Seasonal colds and flus can 32)___________ the already sick, staffing is stretched, and most non-hospital 33)___________ close for the holidays. Hospital bed 34)___________ are 35)___________ in winter. Despite these challenges, the NHS mostly works and its 36)___________ principle remains a point of 37)___________: ‘universal health care free at the point of use’.  

V Watch all the parts of the video and answer the questions.

1 What is NHS and what principles is it founded on?

2 Which of the services provided by the NHS are free?

3 What is the history of the UK National Healthcare service? What is the relationship between the Healthcare Service and UK politics or politicians?

4 What components apart from hospitals does of the National Healthcare service include?

5 What is the annual healthcare spending in the UK?

6 What were the biggest advances of the NHS?

7 What problems does the National Healthcare service have?  

VI OVER TO YOU. Try to briefly explain the basics of your national healthcare system and compare it to the UK National Healthcare Service. What are the similarities? Are there any differences?