The Geography of Health Services in Britain

In: Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography

In: Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography Ser.

Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Geographical Basis of Organisation -- The Development of NHS Organisation -- Dislocations in the System -- 2. Regional Variations in Need and Provision -- Needs, Demands, Supply and Use -- Geographical Redistribution -- 3. The Location of Primary Care -- General Medical Practitioners -- Community Nurses -- Health Centres -- Dental, Ophthalmic and Pharmaceutical Services -- Other Primary Health Services -- 4. The Location of Hospitals -- Policies and Trends -- Centralisation versus Dispersal -- Regional Disparities -- 5. Transport to Health Services -- Personal Mobility -- Voluntary Transport Schemes -- The Ambulance Service -- 6. Health Care in Rural Areas -- Effects of Inaccessibility -- Isolated Rural Areas -- Policy Options -- 7. Health Care in the Inner City -- Characteristics of Inner-city Populations -- The Acheson Report -- Conditions outside London -- Policy Issues -- 8. Health Services for All -- Geographical Impact of Private Health Services -- Interdependence of Social Welfare Services -- Priorities in the NHS -- Radical Proposals for Change -- Towards Geographical Equity -- References -- Index.