153 Read the text about public healthcare in the UK. In most lines (1–15) there is a word that should not be there. Write these words in the spaces provided. 2–4 lines are correct. Make a in the space if the line is correct. There are two examples (0, 00) at the beginning. LANGUAGE IN USE 5 Unlike the USA, which has no universal healthcare programme, Britain has the National Health Service, such a tax-funded organisation that is available to all. Set up since in 1948, the NHS was the first system in the world that made completely free healthcare available based on the citizenship rather less than the payment of fees or insurance. The fifth-largest employer in the world, with around 1.5 million staff, the NHS is now in its eighth decade. Roles in the NHS have changed too. The job nurses need do today has become much more specialised – it is just now a degree-level profession. The basic personal care they used to provide is likely to be not done by healthcare assistants, with nurses involved in providing complex care that was once the role of doctors. Nowadays, the NHS faces to important questions about its sustainability, with record long numbers of people waiting for treatment. The increased cost of funding over these health services has meant reductions in other areas of spending – defence and housing have been had among the biggest losers. Despite this, a tax-funded service that is for available to all, with care based on clinical need and not the ability to pay remains popular. After more than 70 years, the NHS has stood up the test of time. It remains to be seen how the NHS fares in the future. such (0) (00) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) The British National Health Service (2) Ask yourself which nouns need a definite article and which don’t. (5) Look out for phrases which don’t flow naturally. There’s probably a word too many in there. (10) Check whether the adjective can be used with the noun. (15) Check if the phrasal verb makes sense. If not, maybe the error is there. Help Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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