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Development of Mental Health Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ian B. Cookson*
Affiliation:
Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool and Division of Psychiatry, Central/Southern Liverpool
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In the Mersey Regional Health Authority it has been decided that closure of at least one large mental illness hospital will take place within some 10 years and may be complete by 1992. To facilitate this the region has provided funding for every long-stay patient who might be discharged to the care of voluntary organisations or Social Services Departments and joint assessments of patients have been undertaken by the Health Service and Social Services staff.

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