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A lack of direction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. M. Dingwall*
Affiliation:
Dykebar Hospital, Paisley, Scotland
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According to the recent Commons Report on Community Care, psychiatric patients are being discharged to inadequate community care. One of the reasons given for this situation is the lack of communication between professional groups, leading to bad planning of care.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987

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