Health care service

IN RUSSIA

Health care service in Russia has its own good and bad points.

Russia has a public health care service .
The work of public health care service is rather good.
Medical insurance is compulsory in Russia.
There is a private sector in medical care.
On the whole medical care is free.
Private health care cost is high.
The quality of treatment is not bad in public health care system
Most of physicians are on a salary

Придаточные предложения с союзами и предлогами

while/whereas- в то время как
although/though- хотя
because of - из-за
despite/in spite of – несмотря на

_________Russia has a public health care service, we have a private sector, too.
_________the shortage of money  the work of public health service is rather good
_________the central organization of health care system in our country there is little cooperation with the private sector.
________the central organization of health care system medical insurance is compulsory.
_______ medical care is free on the whole there are some exceptions to it (some complex operations).
________ private health care cost is high, the quality of treatment is not always good.
________ public health is free of charge, the quality of treatment is not bad.
______ some physicians get a fee for each patient’s visit in private sector, other physicians are on a salary.

Although Russia has a public health care service, we have a private sector, too.
In spite of the shortage of money  the work of public health service is rather good
Because of the central organization of health care system in our country there is little cooperation with the private sector.
Because of the central organization of health care system medical insurance is compulsory.
Although medical care is free on the whole there are some exceptions to it (some complex operations).
Although private health care cost is high, the quality of treatment is not always good.
Although public health is free of charge, the quality of treatment is not bad.
While some physicians get a fee for each patient’s visit in private sector, other physicians are on a salary.

In Britain

Britain’s National Service (the NHS) is funded by the government, and is the biggest employer in Europe, with 1.2 million employees. But nursing recruitment in the UK is at its worst level for 25 years, and 40% of new nurses come from overseas, often from South East Asia. In 2001, the Royal College of Nursing published the results of a survey of its members. These are some of the key results.
Most nurses work both day and night shifts.
Three fifths of NHS nurses an average 6.5 hours overtime per week.
One third do this for no extra pay.
90% think that they are poorly paid.
A quarter have a second job to supplement their salary.
The biggest age group is 35-44. Only 1 in 8 nurses is under 30.
31% would leave nursing if they could.

Find words that mean:
Someone who gives someone a job.
People who do a job for someone else.
Bringing new people into a profession.
Blocks of time that you work.
Extra work outside of your normal hours.
The money that you earn from your job.

Find words that mean:
Someone who gives someone a job. (employer)
People who do a job for someone else. (employees)
Bringing new people into a profession. (recruitment)
Blocks of time that you work. (shifts)
Extra work outside of your normal hours. (overtime)
The money that you earn from your job. (salary)

Listen to Jenny, a seniour nurse, talking about her typical working day in hospital and answer the questions.
a) First, match the words with their definitions:
1. ward a. a senior, specialist doctor
2. admission b. a hospital department for seriously ill people
3. patient c. papers showing someone’s medical history
4. intensive care d. a room full of beds in a hospital
5. records e. someone who is being looked after in hospital
6. consultant f. someone who has just entered hospital

Read the text:
Well, my name’s Jenny Write, I’m a registered nurse and I work at the princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon. I manage one of the children’s wards there.
I’m responsible for the other seven nurses and for organizing their shifts. The nurses do shifts on a rotational basis. That means that they work five weeks of day shifts and then one week of night shifts. There are a couple of hours each day where the shifts change over.
Every morning I go round the ward to check the new admissions and talk to the staff and patients. We have 22 ordinary beds and 10 intensive care beds. I try to check all the patients’ records before the consultants come round, which is usually at about 10 o’clock. In the afternoons, I do paperwork and have meeting with nurses or doctors. The last thing I do before I go home is to check that there are beds free for any emergency admissions in the night.

b) answer the questions:
What type of ward does she work on?
How is the shift system organized?
How many beds do they have?
What time do the doctors see the patients on the ward?
What does she do in the afternoons?
What is the last thing she does before going home?