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Current patterns of service provision for the psychiatric needs of mentally handicapped people: visiting centres in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gregory O'Brien*
Affiliation:
Mental Handicap, University Department of Psychiatry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
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In 1988, the Cambridge Health Authority commissioned a working party of clinicians and NHS managers to visit a variety of different treatment services which cater for the psychiatric needs of mentally handicapped adults in England and Wales. This survey – part of an ongoing planning exercise – is now complete, new services are being planned in the light of the findings, and the experience may be of general interest to other clinicians and service planners throughout England and Wales.

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