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The consultant psychiatrist and community care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Matt Muijen
Matt Muijen*
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RDP (Research and Development for Psychiatry), 134/138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB
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It cannot be ignored that community care is now a fact, and not merely an issue. Some mental hospitals have closed and the number of mental illness beds have been reduced overall by about 40% over the last decade and a range of hostels, multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams and community mental health centres have been launched. The move towards well integrated and well coordinated community care has been urged by a large number of reports, white papers and policies including the second Griffiths report, Working for Patients, Caring for People, The Health of the Nation, the Care Programme Approach and care management, with social services becoming the lead agency in community care.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 9 , September 1993 , pp. 513 - 516
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