Geographical barriers in health care

Answer 1

when a service user is unable to access a certain healthcare service because of the location like iving in rural areas/ the country side the place is more secluded so there will be little healthcare there leading them to access it in the city which may be hours to drive to and then they have the issues of finding parking nearby. Or transport links are weak and buses may take hours to get to and from there leading the service user to be waiting or have to rescedual a while and even miss the appintment/consultation which will result in their condition possibly worsening.

Answer 2

Example of Geographical Barriers;

• Living in a rural area where facilities are limited.
• Living in a rural area where transport is not available when the services are open.
• A long bus/train journey may not be practical because of certain medical complications.

A Geographical Barrier in Health and Social Care would be that if some people live in rural areas they may not be able to access certain services i.e. hospitals, dentists etc. The reasons they may not be able to access these services is because they cannot travel their possibly because they don't have a car, or if buses don't run at suitable times. The elderly may suffer even more so if they cannot get of or no to public transport and cannot walk to certain services, this may result in them not attending the service and their condition(s) could get increasingly worse. Some families may not be able to afford a car, because of fuel prices for example, so this may prevent them from accessing the services because of the geographical location and the cost.

Answer 3

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