Abstract
Increased demand for psychiatric beds in the London metropolitan area
Highlights
ECT given by the social worker and the nurse were volun teered or sought; if the latter this is surely improper—the
A physiotherapist was asked by the SOAD in one hospital where I have worked if a particular patient should be given ECT; she rightly considered that she should not have been asked for this opinion
DEARSIRS Due to the increased demand for psychiatric beds in the London metropolitan area, duty psychiatric registrars attending to emergencies, either in the Accident and Emergencies department or brought in by the police under Section 136of the Mental Health Act, often spend hours on the telephone trying to find available beds for suitable patients
Summary
ECT given by the social worker and the nurse were volun teered or sought; if the latter this is surely improper—the. In some cases it has been necessary to defer issuinga second opinion until genuine involvement of other disciplines has been initiated..." (section 11.5(c), page 40). There is a clear anomaly in the legal requirement for such an opinion in the absence of universal clinical indications for the involvement of a further professional as defined.
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