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CHEAF (Child Health and Education Assessment Forum): a multi-disciplinary powwow for children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christine Williams ,
Barry Wright  and
Rob Smith
Christine Williams*
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Barry Wright
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Rob Smith
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
*
∗Correspondence
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It has been recommended that child and adolescent mental health services operate on four tiers (NHS Health Advisory Service, 1995). Tier three represents specialist teams, where professionals work together to provide specialist services. Since additional resources have not been forthcoming to support such developments, existing teams frequently restructure themselves in order to operate in this way. One way of rationalising existing resources effectively is to establish interagency links so that multi-disciplinary working is not limited by professional boundaries. This can occur across as well as within teams.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 104 - 106
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