Psychiatric Bulletin (2008) 32: 288-291. doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.107.018424
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Neuropsychiatry in the UK: national survey of existing service provision{dagger}

Niruj Agrawal, Consultant in Neuropsychiatry

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Clare House, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, email: Niruj.Agrawal{at}swlstg-tr.nhs.uk

Simon Fleminger, Consultant in Neuropsychiatry, Howard Ring, Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Shoumitro Deb, Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Intellectual Disability

Declaration of interest

S.F. is the lead consultant neuropsychiatrist for two brain injury units which both require primary care trusts to authorise in-patient admissions and out-patient appointments.

{dagger} See special article pp. 303–306, this issue.

AIMS AND METHOD

To elucidate and describe current neuropsychiatry service provision in the UK. A questionnaire was developed and posted to members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists who had expressed an interest in neuropsychiatry. The responses were tabulated and analysed using descriptive statistics and SPSS version 11.0 for Windows. The neuropsychiatry services provided, sources of referrals, setting of the services and funding streams are described.

RESULTS

Out of 251 respondents, 70 reported providing a neuropsychiatry service, 21 having been principally appointed as neuropsychiatrists.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Neuropsychiatry services in the UK are currently based in a few regional centres, representing a patchy and inadequate service provision.


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