Year 7 - Citizenship
How do we protect the right to health?
What rights should all children have?
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces what rights we are all entitled to and how citizens can protect their rights. Pupils look in more depth at the right to health and the right to accurate information.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how we can protect the right to health and why this is important.
Key Notes
- The right to health is protected by Article 24 of the UNCRC, ensuring access to healthcare and health information.
- The UNCRC emphasises the responsibility of high-income countries to help low-income nations access health services.
- It promotes healthcare access, reduces inequality, improves public health, boosts economies and upholds human dignity.
- The NHS, founded in 1948, transformed the UK's healthcare system after World War Two.
- The NHS offers free healthcare, health information and support for mental and physical wellbeing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- right: something guaranteed by law
- health: a state of overall wellbeing that includes physical, mental and social aspects, not just the absence of disease or injury
- healthcare: the services provided to you to maintain and improve your health
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You need to pay to see a doctor in the UK.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The right to health is protected by Article 24 of the UNCRC, ensuring access to healthcare and health information. The UNCRC emphasises the responsibility of high-income countries to help low-income nations access health services.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'right'
something guaranteed by law.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: You need to pay to see a doctor in the UK. Correction: The NHS is free in the UK; therefore you can see a doctor for no charge - this protects our right to healthcare. Some people choose to have private healthcare in the UK, but this is a personal choice.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Are you getting your right to accurate and reliable information? Study Guide
- How well are children's rights protected and supported in the UK? Study Guide
- What can we do as citizens to protect the rights of others? Study Guide
- What does the right to education really mean? Study Guide
- What rights are children entitled to? Study Guide
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