Psychiatry in the UK: an overview

The National Health Service (NHS) serves the UK through four devolved organisations for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the world, universal and free at the point of delivery. Its key challenge is to maintain this approach within t...

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Autores principales: Banks, Vicky, Searle, Geoff, Jenkins, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2011
Materias:
Country Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508076
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Sumario:The National Health Service (NHS) serves the UK through four devolved organisations for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the world, universal and free at the point of delivery. Its key challenge is to maintain this approach within tight financial constraints, while embracing new technologies, treatments and styles of service delivery, as well as meeting the health needs of an ageing population.

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