1. Now read the text carefully, looking up any new items

In a dictionary or your vocabulary. Then say whether

the following statements are true or false.

4 1. The N.H.S. is the main organ of Health Service in the U.K.

-2. The three parts of the N.H.S. are:

1. the Local Health Authorities;

2. Hospitals;

3. Health centres.

- 4. The patient in Great Britain cannot change his family doctor to another one.

5. All hospitals in the U.K. are new, comfortable and economic.

6. Health centres provide opportunities for hospital specialists and gPs.

7. Family doctors have no access to hospital resources.

f 8. Much progress in preventive medicine has been done in the U.K.

-f 9. Britain spends less on health than other rich countries.

2. Complete the following sentences.

   1. The main organ of Health Service is ... .

   2. The role of the family doctor is ... .

   3. The freedom of choice applies to ... .

   4. English hospitals are uneconomic and cannot ... .

   5. Health centres contain all the special ....

   6. There are centres which provide consultant services in ... .

   7. British expenditures on health ... .

3. Answer the following questions.

   1. When was the N.H.S. brought into operation?

   2. What parts does the National Health Service consist of?

   3. Are there any interrelations between these parts?

   4. Are there private patients in Great Britain?

   5. Why do many people who have enough money still prefer to be pri­vate patients?

   6. What is the role of the family doctor in the N.H.S. system?

   7. What is the role of health centres in the health service system in Great Britain?

4. Approve the following statements. Use in your speech the

following expressions: it must be born in mind, in fact, as

a matter of fact, it should be noted that ...

1. The general practitioner services consist of the family doctor ser­vice, the dental service, the pharmaceutical service and the oph­thalmic service.

^2. Services provided by the local health authorities include domicil­iary midwifery, health visiting, home nursing, vaccination and immunization and the prevention, care and after-care of illness.

^3. Health centres are institutions where various medical services both preventive and curative are brought together.

^4. The patient is the most important person in the health centre and all the doctor's energies should be directed to help the patient as much as possible.

V. Which of the following facts are not mentioned in the text? Facts		Yes	No
1.	The structure of National Health Service	•f
2.	The structure of the General Practitioner Services
3.	Services provided by the Local Health Authorities	і
4.	The interconnections between the parts of National Health Service	4-

Facts		Yes	No
5.	The types of hospitals	4
6.	The quality of hospital services	■4
7.	Insufficient number of doctors in the State hospitals		—
8.	Services provided by Health centers
9.	The system of insurance in the U.K.
10.	Problems of health care system in the U.K.	-••
11.	The plans of N.H.S. for the future		—•

6. (A) Arrange the following expressions according to the contents (keep to a logical consistency^.

, 1. Types of hospitals in the U.K.

3- 2. The interrelations between the three parts of the N.H.S. ^ 3. Freedom of choice applied to doctors and dentists. L4. The N.H.S. and its structure. :) 5. Problems of British health care system. > 6. Freedom of choice of medical treatment, f 7. Health centres in the U.K.

(B) Summarize the text using the headings organized by you in a logical consistency.

6. Point out the modal construction to be + infinitive. Translate into Ukrainian.

   1. This patient is to be transferred to the operating room.

   2. Health service of this type is to be covered by the state.

   3. A federal program is to provide free medical care for the elderly and disable.

   4. Dependent children, the poor and aged are to be cared by Medicaid program.

   5. The conference is to be held in the operative room.

7. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian with the modal construction to be + infinitive.

2. 1. The doctor has to develop new approaches in the treatment the poor and aged.In cases in which surgical treatment had to be performed a thor­ough examination was necessary.

3. The patient has to be nourished orally to avoid further aggravation of his condition

4. Because of repeated heart attacks the patient had to be admitted to the hospital.

5. A radical operation had to be performed as the patient's condition was deteriorating.

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