The Psychiatrist (1997) 21: 414-417. doi: 10.1192/pb.21.7.414
© 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Workload and child sexual abuse: an argument for joint commissioning

Mary Cole, Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry* and Margaret Vereker, Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ

* Correspondence

Recent studies in child mental health show that fundholding general practitioners regard sexual abuse work as a priority service, and also that sexually abused clients take up more out-patient time than others in the same diagnostic group. This paper provides supporting data on the issue of workload and argues that specific purchasing arrangements should be made to cover this area of well recognised need.