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Implementation of the care programme approach in the community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chris Gilleard
Chris Gilleard*
Affiliation:
Pathfinder Mental Health Services NHS Trust, Springfield University Hospital, Tooting, London SW17 7DJ
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Abstract

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The comprehensive implementation of the care programme approach is described within a large Mental Health Unit serving two London boroughs. Methods used to introduce an incremental improvement in the care programme approach (CPA) practice and documentation are outlined together with an account of the development of a set of quality standards and a CPA annual audit system.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 750 - 752
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

References

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