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One year after the NHS Bill: the extra-contractual referral system and Henderson Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bridget Dolan  and
Kingsley Norton
Bridget Dolan
Affiliation:
Henderson Hospital, 2 Homeland Drive, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5LT and Section of Forensic Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
Kingsley Norton
Affiliation:
Henderson Hospital, 2 Homeland Drive, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5LT and Section of Forensic Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
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In 1991 we predicted the new contracting system introduced by the NHS Bill would reduce referrals to specialist units, particularly supra-regional units (Dolan & Norton, 1991), and that any resulting decline in patient numbers might lead to the suggestion that these resources were surplus to requirement and hence not viable in a market economy (Dolan & Norton, 1990).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 12 , December 1992 , pp. 745 - 747
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NHS Management Executive (1992) Extra Contractual Referrals Letter from Deputy Chief Executive to all Regional General Managers 3.2.92.Google Scholar
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