01325 a2200253 4500 1138954780 20250317100401.0 250312042017GB eng 9781138954786 Taylor & Francis GBP 34.99 BB 01 eng RGC thema RGC bic SCI030000 bisac SOC015000 bisac 362.10941 bisac Robin Haynes Geography of Health Services in Britain. 1 Oxford Routledge 20171128 276 p This book is about geographical variation in the organisation, provision and use of health services in Britain. Its main theme is that neither the quantity nor the quality of health care provided by the National Health Service (NHS) is uniform from place to place. Chapters discuss and evaluate: The reorganisation of the NHS in the years up to 1987 The relationships between the need for health care and the supply of health services The redistribution of health service resources geographically The distribution of doctors, dentists, community nurses and hospitals across the UK Access to health services The distribution of both private health facilities and social welfare services and their effect on the NHS. 1198 1198