9.welfare-state英国福利社会解析优秀PPT.ppt
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1、The British Welfare SystemThe British Welfare SystemWhat does welfare mean?What is the welfare state like?Health,comfort and freedom from wanta“safety net,”which is designed to help the most vulnerableprotection against the unexpected hazards of life(for example,losing a job,becoming sick,having an
2、accident)The welfare state provides education,housing,sustenance,healthcare,pensions,unemployment insurance,sick leave or time off due to injury,etc.Health and Social Services1.Britain is regarded as a welfare state.The welfare state is a system of government by which the state provides the economic
3、 and social security of its citizens through its organization of health services,pensions and other facilities.This system is funded out of national insurance contributions and taxation.The system applies mainly to the National Health Service(NHS),national insurance and social security.2.The Nationa
4、l Health Service(NHS)The National Health Service provides for every resident a full range of medical services.It was based at first on Acts of Parliament,one for England and Wales passed in 1946 and one forScotland passed Who started the idea?William Beveridge(1879-1963)a British economist and socia
5、l reformer,closely associated with the development of the welfare state.pBeveridge Report 1)to establish the National Health Service with free medical treatment for all;2)to provide social security so that the population would be protected from the cradle to the grave The operation of the welfare st
6、ateFour main parts:The system of national insurance unemployed,old,sick,etcThe national health service free medical care for allSupplementary benefits low income(for basic standard living)Family allowance or children benefit National InsuranceEverybody who is working,either for himself or for an emp
7、loyer,is obliged to contribute a fixed amount each week to the national insurance fundIt is like an immense insurance company with which every single citizen is compulsorily insured.Contributory benefits e.g.retirement pension,widows benefit,jobseekers allowance,maternity allowance,incapacity benefi
8、t,etc.NHS(National Health Service)In order to obtain the benefits of the national Health Service a person must normally be registered on a general practitioners list.first go to see the GP(gives treatment or prescribes medicine)go to hospital if necessary written prescription a chemists shopThe heal
9、th service funds pay for the cost of each“prescription”above the patients contribution,but for small children and people with low incomes there is no charge at all.Question:Only the people with British citizenship can receive free medical attention in the UK?Family allowance or child benefitHow much
10、 is child benefit?Who can receive it?How many parents claim it?Where does the money come from?National insurance fund Social security benefits (paying out benefits to people who are unemployed,or unable to earn because they are old or sick)General taxation NHS (80%of the costs of the NHS are paid fo
11、r out of general taxation,the remainder out of national insurance contributions.)ProblemsDifferent Attitudes:Some people criticize the welfare state for being too generous.Others claim that it is not generous enough.Need a bit more healthy competition and a bit more healthy fear of unemployment “I c
12、ame to office with one deliberate intent:to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society;from a give-it-to-me to a do-it-yourself nation;a get-up-and-go instead of a sit-back-and-wait Britain.”-Margaret Thatcher Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a welfare state.Comprehensive W
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