B. If false, why is it false?

You have now completed Part A of this exercise. Some of the sentences were false. Find out why with the explanations below:

1. Dede likes the idea that the government is privatising the health care system.
False – She thinks it should be 100% nationalised.

2. It is only recently that the government began privatising the health care system.
False – It started with Margaret Thatcher, 30 years ago.

4. There are lots of advertisements to promote public health care because people want to en-courage others to choose public hospitals.
False – There are lots of advertisements to promote private health services, and their message is that people can access healthcare more quickly by choosing a private hospital.

5. Private hospitals receive money from companies and patients, but only public hospitals receive money from the government.
False – Private hospitals also receive money from the government. This is one of Dede’s complaints about the changes in the system.

7. According to Dede, one political party is solely responsible for destroying the NHS.
False – She says that every political party has played a role is destroying the NHS.