Health Issues in Britain

The public health care system is the main health care system in Britain. It support by the National Health Service, the abbreviation is NHS. It includes two types of the health care system. The first one is the Community-based primary health care. It usually provides the general practitioner and nurse to the patient in the community. Another type is the Hospital-based specialist services, this service provide several doctors and dealing with the serious health problems. There is a limit in the NHS. The NHS medical services are only suitable for the students who attend courses in the United Kingdom for more than six months and their dependents. If you do not belong to this area, then you have to pay for the health service.

Because the doctor only determines the prescription, so you have to buy the medicine by yourself. This is the main different point between Britain and China. If you live in China, after see a doctor, you can have all the medicine and services. Another different point between Britain and China is the book service. When you live in UK, you need to book for a doctor and arrange the time for the service. But in China, you can go to see a doctor in any time.

In my opinion, I prefer the health care system in China. Because when I get sick, I do not have to book for a doctor and wait them come. I can go to the hospital immediately and the doctor will always stay in the hospital and waiting for me. But if I get sick in Britain, I think I may probably book for the service and wait for a long time.