Responding to the reform--are we meeting the need?

Changes in postgraduate medical education funding have had a major impact on the management of NHS library services. This paper looks at the nature of these services, by reviewing the literature on the information-gathering needs and practices of different groups of health-care professionals, and by relating the findings to the types of information service currently available. It is concluded that library and information professionals need to develop services that are more accurately attuned to the needs of their users, and various ways of approaching this objective are suggested.