Social Studies Sec 3
Practice Paper 1
Skills in use: Inference, Compare and Contrast and Reliability Testing. NB: Do note that some questions would need you to apply a combination of skills.
Instructions: You are to submit the homework to me online via the Blog comments page individually. You can also email me your answers to my email at lim_wan_seng_daniel@moe.edu.sg
Deadline: 2 weeks from today - 5th Dec 2010.
Questions
- How are the views of sources A and B on British healthcare policy different? So does this mean that one of the views is wrong?
- Consider Sources C and D. How do these sources differ?
- Study Source E. What do you think is the British attitude with regards to the provision of healthcare?
Source A Dr Robbie Coull, general practitioner, UK
The NHS is not getting better. It is getting worse. The government may have spent a lot of money on the NHS, but what is really happening in hospitals is that morale is low and doctors and nurses are leaving.
Source B A remark by Dr Marks, a former chairman of the British Medical Association, recalling the period before and after the introduction of NHS.
The NHS is one of the greatest achievements in history. Before that, healthcare in this country was a disaster, particularly if you were poor. The unmet needs were not known until the NHS started, and people who had been ill for years came forward to seek help because they did not have to worry about paying for it.
Source C Ken Davidson, a cardiac surgeon, Glasgow, Scotland speaking on BBC News in 2002.
Most patients can now be offered whatever treatment is required within a few months. No patient has to wait more than six months; most of them wait around three to four months.
Source D Extracted from an article “British Health Scandal” taken from the Straits Times, 26 January 2002 .
An 18-month wait for an operation is not uncommon in Britain Britain
Source E A view expressed by a British citizen on the planned changes to the NHS.
I met a retired judge and his wife recently and they were strongly against any reform of the NHS which meant the government would spend less on NHS. They said that the have never taken private insurance and saw no reason why they should have to do so.
