Existing Models

UK National Health Service (NHS)
National Funding and Regional Co-ordination

  • Cumberlege Seminars in 1992 and 1993 to improve management of the knowledge base of health care
  • Library Adviser to the NHS Executive
  • 8 regions each with a library coordinator
  • national funding for libraries in support of R & D, medical and dental undergraduate (SIFT), clinical training in hospitals (MADEL), and nursing and allied health training (NMET)
  • national guidance for health library services