Health in Britain 1. What is a GP? A general practitioner or family doctor. 2.

Number of Gps in Britain: Over 36,000 Number of patients per GP: nearly 2,000 3. Groups of people that pay no prescription charges in Britain: Students, people over 60, or pregnant women. 4. Differences between the NHS in 1948 and nowadays. In the past NHS provided free eye tests, free prescriptions, free dentist treatment and free glasses, but nowadays many people have to pay for them. 5. What two diseases have the highest levels in Britain? Heart disease and cancer. 6. Number of people working for the NHS: Nearly a million people Cost of NHS: 40 billion pounds a year 7. Problems with NHS in Britain: People have to wait a long time before they can see a specialist, or have an operation 8. Life expectancy. Men 74 Women 79