Today we will look at one of the vital system in the United Kingdom, which called The Welfare System. Before we start, we have to answer some questions.
What the jobseekers allowance and who can get this?
In the United Kingdom, Jobseeker’s Allowance, who looking for job, is the main benefit for people of working age who are out of work or work less than 16 hours a week on average. If you're eligible, it is paid while you're looking for work and the government will accept individual according to the conditions which is below:
Ø To get Jobseeker's Allowance you must be:
Ø Available for, capable and actively seeking work.
Ø Aged 18 or over but below State Pension age.
Ø Working less than 16 hours per week on average.
Ø In Great Britain.
How much child benefit is paid for each child?
First of all, we will acknowledge what is Child benefit in the UK as a general idea. Child Benefit is a tax-free payment which means anybody who has children can claim for your child. The amount of child benefit will obtain, depends on how many children you are permitted to obtain Child Benefit. The Child payment is paid every four weeks although sometimes can paid weekly. Initially, Oldest or only child takes 20, 30£. Secondly, additional children- per child take 13.40£. Finally, Guardian’s allowance- per child takes 14.30£. All these rates are taken per week. Sometimes they can take monthly as I mentioned above. However, according to the last regulations, the coalition government have made by the current government which are running by David Cameron, that from 6 April 2011, the Child Benefit rates will stay the same for three years.
What are apprenticeships?
Apprenticeships is the place where good opportunity of success in he or she career. Therefore, if she or he has a good idea of where you want to go with your career and like the idea of earning while you learn, apprenticeships could be for you. Another definition is Apprentices are employees who earn a wage and work alongside experienced staff in businesses to gain job-specific skills. Off the job, usually on a day-release basis, apprentices receive training to work towards nationally recognised qualifications.
Apprenticeships can take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of Apprenticeship, the apprentices' ability and the industry sector.
There are more than 85,000 employers offering apprenticeships in England in 130,000 locations, and in 200 job roles.
I concluded, the Apprenticeships are a system of training where individual build their career from Apprenticeships. Additionally, most of their training is done whilst working and also this system for people who are on low income. However, there may be different requirements for apprenticeships depending on occupational sector. You just need to be living in the United Kingdom as well as not taking part in full- time education. In addition, it is available for ages upon 16 years old and the lowest payment is 2.50£ for each hour.
How does the system in the UK compare with the system in your country?
As I am Libyan therefore, I will discuss the system in the UK and in the Great Jamahiriya. Libyan’s health care has suffered greatly since 1980s because of the United Nation sanction and Libya’s isolation from other countries. It became difficult for Libyan health care workers to obtain medicine, surgical supplies and parts to repair medical equipment. Patients could not leave the country to get specialized treatments. The sanctions on basic health care affected the availability of vaccines for children, resulted in the closure of mother-and-child health care centres and caused the lack of medicine and qualified personnel to treat cancer or heart disease. However, despite the difficulties in fully restoring the health care system, oil revenues have allowed the Libyan government to build clinics, buy equipment; train doctors abroad, recruit medical professionals from overseas, and protect the water supply. Libyans health status has improved during the past three decades: the Libyan individual’s average life span was only 46 years during the sixties, now, according to the data of World Health Organization, the average age is 72.4.28. The mortality rate among infants has now gone down. 29 This decrease included both the inhabitants of cities and rural areas, and this shows a great horizontal expansion in the distribution of health services among different areas. Studies on Human Development indicate an increase and improvement in the quality of nutrition among Libyans. Thus, currently Libyan health status is good compared to other Middle Eastern countries. The country’s two major hospitals are located in the two most important Libyan cities, Tripoli and Benghazi. They are affiliated with medical schools and specialized institutes that train nurses and medical technicians. The widest range of medical services is found at these hospitals. Smaller towns and villages have medical clinics or small hospitals. Mobile health units travel to rural areas to provide health care.
The Health System
Although there is not a clearly defined difference between the public and private sectors, in Libya there is a mixed system of public and private healthcare, rather than a purely state-run model.
The health system operates on several levels:
1) The first level consists of the basic health care units, which provide curative and preventive services for 5.000 to 10.000 citizens.
2) The second level comprises the basic health care centres, which serve from 10,000 to 26,000 citizens.
3) The third level consists of the polyclinics, which play an important role in cities. Staffed by specialized physicians and containing laboratories as well as radiological services and a pharmacy, these polyclinics serve approximately 50,000 to 60,000 citizens.
4) At the fourth level, there are hospitals in rural areas and the central hospitals in urban areas.
5) The fifth level comprises the specialized hospitals.
In conclusion, the result of this comparison is that the UK Health Welfare is better than Libyan system since some elements which were based on the education system in the UK which played a big role and high quality of methods and tools. For example, the equipments which doctors and staff who used it in different treatments in hospital, are very progressive and with high quality, but in Libya we do not have such this. However, the system in my country has developed especially when our government has been sent plenty of students to complete their high education in development countries in special subjects such as Health, Engineering and so forth.
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Is this system different to the welfare system in Libya? If so, in what way?
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