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1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Rudolf Klein
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Health Service Planning

Health Service Planning in a British New Town

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
John J. A. Reid ◽  
Dulcie G. Gooding
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
National Health ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Health Service Planning ◽  
New Town ◽  
New Towns

The initial postwar development of new towns in Britain took place at a time when the present British National Health Service was in its infancy, and few attempts were made to integrate health service planning into the overall planning process. The more recent new towns have been the object of better social planning and, at the same time, the National Health Service has been substantially unified, at first functionally and, in 1974, administratively. In consequence, attempts have been made to use the opportunities which such towns present for planning health services in a comprehensive and integrated manner. The evolution of a planning and implementation structure for health services in Milton Keynes, a new town with a target population of 250,000, is described, together with some of the implications for the administratively unified National Health Service which came into being in 1974.

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