4. the family health services are those given to patients by doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. in order to obtain the benefits of the nhs a person must normally be registered on the list of a general practitioner （gp, sometimes knows as a "family doctor"）。
家庭保健服务由医生、牙医、眼科大夫和药剂师提供给病人。为获得国民保健制度的服务，人们必须在普通开业医生的名册上注册。
5. a full range of hospital services is provided by district general hospital. there are also specialist hospital or units for children, people suffering from mental illness, those with learning disabilities, and elderly people, and for the treatment of specific diseases.
地区普通医院提供全面的医院服务。也有为儿童，精神病人，有学习障碍者，老人和特殊病人开设的专门医院或病区。
6. the national health service is the largest single employer of labour in the u.k. nhs has suffered from underfunding in recent decades, as a result of which many better-off people have been turning to private medical health care.
国民保健制度是英国最大的用人机构。近几十年来，因为资金不足，许多比较富裕的人正逐渐转向私人的医疗保健机构。
7. personal social services in britain assist elderly people, disabled people, people with learning disabilities or mental illness, children, and families facing special problems. these statutory service are provided by local government social services authorities.
在英国，个人社会服务向老人，残疾人，有学习障碍者，精神病人，有特殊家庭困难的人等。地方政府社会服务委员会提供法定援助。
ii. social security
社会保险
1. the social security system is designed to secure a basic standard of living for people in financial need. nearly a third of government expenditure is devoted to the social security programme which provides financial help for people who are elderly, sick, disabled, unemployed, widowed, bringing up children or on very low incomes.
社会保险制度设立的目的是保障经济困难的人们的基本生活水平，政府开支的近三分之一用于社会保险计划。此计划给老人，病人，残疾人，失业者，寡妇，抚育幼儿者或低收入者提供经济帮助。