NHS

Blood Donor
1- He did first give blood in 17 year ago.
2- He has given blood in total 41 pints.
3- Because his blood is rare blood type.
4- He start boxing because he bully at school.

Your local pharmacy
1- Local pharmacy can help with ( stop smoking, obesity, diabetes).
2- The percentage of people with a minor ailment are treated straight away are 90% .
3- The pharmacy dispensing robort drop the medicine.

Free choice
1- They could choice hospital
2- British people had this choice since 01/ 04/ 2008.
3- Reasons for people think it is a good idea because they think more convenient, location, repetition.
4- People can choose their hospital by GPs, Telephone, Online.

Fat the facts

1.  Why do you need some fat in your diet?
2. What are the two kind of fat?
3. which one is good for health saturated fat or unsaturated fat?
    

Social Security

The social security system provides benefits for British people.
1- The department runs the social security system in Britain is the depart of work and pesions agencies throughout the country.
2-  The significance of this department for the government. it is the government’s single most expensive programme ( 28 per cent of public spending or £138 billion in 2004-5 ) and is financed from general taxation and contributions by employers and workers over 16 to the national insurance fund.
3- The government pay for the social security system, tax free child benefit (£15 per week for the eldest child and £10 for other children) is paid to all mothers for each of her children up to the age 18, irrespective family income.
4- The official retirment age for men 65 and women 60.
5- pregnant women
  - Unemployed people
  - people over 65
  - young unemployed people ( age 16-18 )
All these groups of people can benefit from the social security system.
6- People are estimated the a quarter of population ( including 4.5 million chlidren ) be on the poverty line.
7- Social security is very expensive and will become more so as the population ages and as the number of the sick, poor, disadvantaged and unemployed persist.
8- In future it is argued that a predicted state and private pension crisis in Britain can be solved only by increased taxation to pay for state pension at a time when the labour force is decrease or by workres working longer and saving more for their retirments.

THE WELFARE SYSTEM

 Jobseekers Allowance:

Jobseeker’s Allowance is the main benefit for people of working age who are out of work or work less than 16 hours a week on average. If you're eligible, it is paid while you're looking for work. In addition, if you're unemployed and available for work, you may be able to get Jobseeker's Allowance and other benefits. Job centre plus may also give you help and support to look for a job.

Child Benefit

Child Benefit is a tax-free payment that you can claim for your child. It is usually paid every four weeks but can sometimes be paid weekly. There are separate rates payable for each child. The payment can be claimed by anyone who qualifies, whatever their income or savings. Moreover, there are two separate amounts, with a higher amount for your eldest (or only) child. You get £20.30 a week for your eldest child and £13.40 a week for each of your other children

Apprenticeships:

With apprenticeships you learn on the job, develop skills and knowledge, gain qualifications and earn money at the same time - discover what you could learn as an apprentice, and how to apply

MEDIA – NEWSPAPERS

MEDIA – NEWSPAPERS

There are many daily national newspapers in Britain for example, THE Guardian, THE Independent, THE DAILY Telegraph, And THE Times. These newspapers are called Quality paper or Broadsheet, which are for better educated reader. This kind of newspapers focus on politics and other serious news. In addition, it has more texts and fewer pictures. However, there are other kind of daily national newspapers are called Popular papers or Tabloid for example, THE Sun, THE Daily Mail and THE Mirror which caters for a much larger readership. The popular papers contain far less print than the quality newspapers and far more pictures. They use larger headlines and write in a simpler style of English. Moreover, the tabloids concentrate on human interest stories.

 Characteristics of Newspaper Headlines in one of each broadsheet and tabloid.

Omit Grammar words e.g. Auxiliary words for example, in THE Sun : Pakistani cricket trio charged. Moreover, in the Sun use the simple present for action for example, man shot by cops dies in hospital. However, in the Independent use the infinitive for the future for example, why you may have to phone a call centre to see your GP. Otherwise, in the Sun distinctive vocabulary – emotional / dramatic words such as UK house prices rocket in January also in the Sun use o abbreviations like UK house prices rocket in January.  However, alliteration in the Independent for example, Osborne fails to bring bank access to account.

http://www.independent.co.uk/  on Thursday 10/ 02 /2011