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Senior registrar training in the psychiatry of old age in Scotland

Executive Committee of the Section for the Psychiatry of Old Age, Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian R. Ballinger ,
Jenny Eastwood ,
Grace Hodge ,
Ronald McIlwaine ,
Paul Morrison ,
J. Barrie Murphy ,
Peter Olley  and
Andre L. Phanjoo
Brian R. Ballinger
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
Jenny Eastwood
Affiliation:
West Fife District General Hospital, Dunfermline
Grace Hodge
Affiliation:
Dykebar Hospital, Paisley
Ronald McIlwaine
Affiliation:
Bellsdyke Hospital, Larbert
Paul Morrison
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
J. Barrie Murphy
Affiliation:
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow
Peter Olley
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
Andre L. Phanjoo
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
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The psychiatry of old age has come to occupy an increasingly prominent role in psychiatry, because of demographic trends, and also because of service developments. About a third of referrals to most psychiatric services are for the over-65s and a high proportion of beds are occupied by this age group. Recently the training recommendations for senior registrars in the psychiatry of old age have been revised and clarified (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989) and old age psychiatry is now recognised as a specialty within psychiatry. Nevertheless there is continued concern about the training opportunities available in this field (Wattis, 1988), reports of difficulties in filling consultant posts, and evidence that the present guidelines for consultant staffing levels are inadequate (Ballinger et al, 1989). It has recently been recommended that one-third of senior registrar posts in general and old age psychiatry should be assigned to the psychiatry of old age (Sims, 1990).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 10 , October 1991 , pp. 612 - 613
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References

Ballinger, B. R., Craig, R. J., Eastwood, J., Hodge, G., McIlwaine, R., Murphy, J. B. & Phanjoo, A. L. (1989) Geriatric psychiatry manpower - seven services in Scotland. Health Bulletin, 47, 282–287.Google Scholar
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