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Emergency and liaison psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alison Gourdie
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Accident and Outpatient Building, University College Hospital, Grafton Way, Gower Street, London WC1E 6AU
Vivienne Schnieden
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Accident and Outpatient Building, University College Hospital, Grafton Way, Gower Street, London WC1E 6AU
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The post of Emergency and Liaison Registrar in the Bloomsbury Rotation was created in 1988 to provide a psychiatric service at University College Hospital, London, in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department and to the A&E Ward for assessment of deliberate self harm (DSH) cases. It incorporated existing commitments of liaison to the UCH wards and provision of urgent psychiatric assessments. The service had previously been shared among a number of psychiatric staff. The registrar can thus be seen as a ‘central pivot’ within the District Psychiatric Services.

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