Abstract
Stephen Dorrell, the government Health Minister, has criticised the current “gross misallocation” of resources for patients with mental illness. The Department of Health estimates that more than half the district health authorities' budget of £1.5 billion for mental health services is still being channelled into the 90 remaining large specialist mental hospitals. There are now only 40,000 patients in such institutions. However, according to government calculations, a total of 2¼ million people in this country have a mental illness which is “serious enough” for them to need consultant psychiatrist care. All those sufferers from mental illness living in the community must make do with the remaining DHA budget. In other words, 98% of the mentally ill are supported by less than half the total resources allocated by districts for mental health services.
Highlights
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The Journal will be divided into various sections including one devoted to articles concerning urgent issues in psychiatry, medical psychology and related problems of addiction, social psychology, sociology and other medical sciences and humanities
Facilitating moves into the community: a new mental health services initiative
Summary
ShatesphcreinticDiseodrretlhl,e tchuerrgeonvt er"ngmroesnst mHiseaallltohcaMtioinni"steor,f resources for patients with mental illness. The Journal will be divided into various sections including one devoted to articles concerning urgent issues in psychiatry, medical psychology and related problems of addiction, social psychology, sociology and other medical sciences and humanities. Facilitating moves into the community: a new mental health services initiative
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