HEALTHCARE IN THE UK
• Talking about healthcare • Рассказывать о системе здравоохранения в system in the UK Великобритании • Comparing healthcare • Сравнивать системы здравоохранения в systems in Russia and России и англоговорящих English-speaking странах countries • Употреблять • Using o Past Simple o Past Simple o Past Continuous o Past Continuous
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ache n / / advice n / / appointment n / / available adj / / cold n / / common adj / / cough n / / crown n / / denture n / / examination n / / general practitioner (GP) /
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National Health Service (NHS) / nurse n / / pain n / / practice n / / prescription n / / referral n / / register v / / supply v / / surgery n / / symptom n / / urgent adj / /
The central principles were clear: the health service was available to all and financed entirely from taxation, i.e. people paid into it according to their means.
The National Health Service started functioning in 1948. Its main purpose and a very ambitious plan was to provide good health care to all. For the first time, hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were united under one umbrella organisation to provide services that were free for all.
General Practitioners GP is another term for a family doctor. Your local GP surgery provides a wide range of family health services, including: • advice on health problems, • vaccinations, • examinations and treatment, • prescriptions for medicines, and • referrals to other health services and social services. Most GPs have about 2,000 people on their register. On a normal day a GP sees 35 patients in surgery, and makes up to 10 visits to those who feel too ill to attend surgery.
NHS Dentists
NHS Pharmacists and Chemists
Everyone should be able to access good-quality NHS dental services. There is no need to register with a dentist. Simply find a practice that's convenient for you, whether it's near your home or work, and phone them to see if any appointments are available. Dental services are not completely free. You will pay for your treatment from £17.50 for initial diagnosis and x-ray (if necessary) or urgent treatment to £209.00 if you need dentures or crowns.
Pharmacists and chemists play a key role in providing quality healthcare to patients. They provide the safe supply and use of medicines by patients. Pharmacists and chemists also offer advice on common problems such as coughs, colds, aches and pains, as well as healthy eating and stopping smoking. They can also help you decide whether you need to see a doctor.
Past Simple Positive I / We / You / They / He / She / It
examined (saw)
10 patients.
Negative I / We / You / They / He / She / It
didn’t
examine (see)
patients.
Questions
(Where)
I / we / you / did they / he / she / it
examine (see)
them?
Сигнальные слова: yesterday (вчера), the day before yesterday (позавчера), last week (month, year) (на прошлой неделе (в прошлом месяце, году), a month (a year, 5 years) ago (месяц (год, 5 лет) назад), in 1999 (1917, 2000) (в 1999 (1917, 2000) году). Past Simple используется для того, чтобы обозначить: 1 Действия, которые имели место и были завершены в прошлом: Last Friday I talked to my pharmacist. 2 Привычные действия в прошлом: This patient smoked 40 cigarettes a day before the operation on the heart.
Сигнальные слова: while (в то время как (в прошлом), as long as (пока), at 7 p.m. yesterday (в семь вечера вчера)
Past Continuous Positive/Negative I / He / She / It
was
We / You / They
were
(not)
making an operation at 10 yesterday.
Questions was
I / he / she / it
were
we / you / they
(Where)
making an operation at 10 yesterday?
Past Continuous используется для того, чтобы обозначить: 1 Действия, которые имели место, были «в разгаре», когда произошло что-либо еще: The dentist was making an x-ray when the phone rang. 2 Действия, которые происходили одновременно в прошлом: While I was examining a patient, the nurse was making notes. 3 Временные действия, которые происходили в определенное время в прошлом: What were you doing yesterday at 9? – I was talking to my dietician.
Скажите, какие предложения верны. Исправьте неверные утверждения.
Закончите предложения, употребив глаголы в форме Past Simple или Past Continuous.
e.g. Yesterday I learned physics. - No, I didn’t. I learned Latin yesterday.
1. While the nurse _________ (to give) a vaccine to the little boy, the GP _________ (to talk) to his parents. 2. My grandfather _________ (to have) new dentures last month. 3. Mr Brown _________ (to smoke) 20 cigarettes a day when he _________ (to be) younger. 4. What _________ you _________ (to do) all evening yesterday? I _________ (to call) you ten times! 5. Last week Jack _________ (to be) ill with a cold. He _________ (to buy) all the medicines possible but they _________ (not to help) him much really. 6. ‘What _________ you _________ (to do) when you _________ (to have) this pain for the first time?’ ‘I _________ (to work) in the garden.’
1. I was trying to make an appointment with my dentist all morning yesterday. 2. During this month my friend visited an optician. 3. My parents were in the third year of the Medical University when they first met. 4. The pharmacist recommended me Aspirin for my cough. 5. The NHS started functioning in 1958. 6. The patient waited for the operation for five months. 7. I was having dinner when my friend came to see me yesterday. 8. My friend and I were surfing the Internet the whole evening yesterday.
Расскажите о работе Национальной службы здравоохранения в Великобритании, используя данные вопросы. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
When was the NHS founded? What is the main purpose of the NHS activity? How is the NHS financed? Who provides primary healthcare? What services do GPs provide? Are dental services free in the UK? How much does dental treatment cost in the UK? What should you do to see a dentist in the UK? What is the role of pharmacists and chemists in healthcare of patients? 10. What problems can pharmacists and chemists offer advice on? 11. How does the NHS differ from healthcare service in Russia?
