oyed, the sick and the retired. The disabled are also provided with financial help. Financial help is also available to the widowed. Every child is entitled to a child benefit whatever the parents income may be.security covers a wide range of payments, mainly to people who do not qualify for National Insurance payments. The main social groups who claim social security benefits are: single parents, the long-term unemployed, and pensioners whose pension is too low. People in full-time work whose earnings are below a certain level can claim benefits, too.
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«A secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13, 3/4» January 17 th came round to see if I wanted to go to the pictures but I told him I couldn «t, because I was going to the doctor »s about the sport. He said he couldn «t see a spot, but he was just being polite because the spot is massive today .. Taylor must be one of those overworked Gps you are always reading about. He didnt examine the spot; he just said I must not worry and was everything all right at home. I told him about my bad home life and my poor diet, but he said I was well nourished. So much for the National Health Service. I will get a paper-round and go private.March 12 th up this morning to find my face covered in huge red spots. My mother said they were caused by nerves but I am still convinced that my diet is inadequate. My mother rang Dr Gray »s receptionist to make an appointment, but the earliest he can see me is next Monday! I told my mother to say that I was an emergency case but she said I was «overreacting as usual» ... I rang my grandma and she came round in a taxi and took me to her house and put me to bed.March 13 th emergency doctor came to my grandma «s last night at 11.30 PM. He diagnosed that I am suffering from acne vulgaris. He said it was so common that it is regarded as a normal state of adolescence. He thought it was highly unlikely that I have got Lassa fever because I have not been to Africa this year. He told grandma to take the disinfected sheets off the doors and windows. Grandma said she would like a second opinion. That was when the doctor lost his temper. He shouted in a very loud voice, «The lad has only got a few teenage spots, for Christ» s sake! »Grandma said she would complain to the Medical Council but the doctor just laughed.June 23 rd have got tonsillitis. It is official. I am on antibiotics.October 23 rd have had a letter from the hospital to say that I have got to have my tonsils out on Tuesday the twenty-seventh. This has come as a complete shock to me! My father says I have been on the waiting list since I was five years old! So I have had to endure an annual bout of tonsillitis for nine years just because the National Health Service is starved of finance! October 26 th
AM. I did my packing, then went to see Bert. Said goodbye to Pandora. I'm being admitted to Ivy Swallow Ward at 2 PM.October 31 st
Halloween
AM. I have been forced to complain about the noise coming from the nurses « home. I am sick of listening to nurses and off-duty policemen cavorting around the grounds dressed as witches and wizards. I am joining BUPA as soon as they »ll have me.
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