British Culture - 18. Welfare

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National Health Service: a comprehensive public-health service under government administration. Virtually the entire population is covered, and health services are free except for certain minor charges.

National Health Service

The Samaritans: organization offers free counselling by phone, with anonymity guaranteed, to anybody who is in despair.

National Health Service

Barnardo's: founded in the nineteenth century, used to provide homes for children and still helps children in need.

National Health Service

Is organized on military lines and grew out of Christian missionary work in the slums of London in the nineteenth century. It offers various kinds of help to the most desperate and needy, for example, overnight accommodations in hostels for the homeless.

National Health Service

MENCAP and MIND: two charities which help the mentally handicapped and campaign on their behalf.

MENCAP and MIND: two charities which help the mentally handicapped and campaign on their behalf.

CAB (Citizen's Advice Bureau): has a network of offices throughout the country offering free information and advice.

the British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK.

Dutch terms and their UK equivalents:

AOW

Old age pension

Kinderbijslag

Child benefit

Kinderbijslag

Child benefit

Huursubsidie

Housing benefit

Tafeltje-dek-je

Meals on Wheels

Huisarts

GP (general practitioner)

Zorgverzekering

The National Health Service (NHS)

UK government welfare expenditure:

State pension (46.32%)

Housing benefit (10.55%)

Disability Living Allowance (7.87%)

Pension Credit (5.06%)

Income Support (4.32%)

Rent rebates (3.43%)