Psychiatric Bulletin (2003) 27: 395. doi: 10.1192/pb.27.10.395-b
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Bulletin (2003) 27: 395
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Advocacy in practice
Tom Harrison, Co-chair
AdvocacyWorking Group, Scarborough House, 35 Auckland Road, Birmingham
B111RH
I am writing on behalf of the Advocacy Working Party of the Royal College
of Psychiatrists, which has been charged with the responsibility of updating
the Council Report on Advocacy published in 1999.
Advocates working on behalf of patients are going to become a more regular
feature of our working lives and we intend to produce a document that reflects
real experiences, as well as ideal practice. To this end, we would like to
invite any member of the College to write to us about their experience, both
good, bad and indifferent, of advocacy in practice.
This would help up to formulate a realistic account of present practice, in
the proposed chapter on the role and responsibilities of the psychiatrists and
advocates.