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Mental health care in London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P. De Ponte  and
G. Hughes
P. De Ponte
Affiliation:
London Health Observatory and London Development Centre for Mental Health, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, WIG OAN, United Kingdom
G. Hughes*
Affiliation:
London Health Observatory and London Development Centre for Mental Health, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, WIG OAN, United Kingdom
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: gemma.hughes@londondevelopmentcentre.org
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Abstract

Aim

To describe principles and characteristics of mental health care in London.

Method

Based on existing data, service provision, number of professionals working in services, funding arrangements, pathways intocare, user/carer involvement and specific issues are reported.

Results

London experiences high levels of need and use of mental health services compared to England as a whole. Inpatient andcompulsory admissions are considerably higher than the national average. Despite having more psychiatric beds and mental health staff, London has higher bed occupancy rates and staffing shortages. At the same time there is a trend away from institutionalised care to care in the community.

Conclusion

Mental health services in the UK are undergoing considerable reform. These changes will not remove the greater need formental health services in the capital, but national policy and funding lends support to cross-agency and pan-London work to tackle some of the problems characteristic of mental health in London. Whilst various issues of mental health care in London overlap with those in other European capitals, there also are some specific problems and features.

Keywords

Mental health careLondonService provisionPathwaysFunding
Type
Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 20 , Issue S2 , October 2005 , pp. s274 - s278
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2005

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