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Psychiatry: a contracting specialty?

Recent government policy and legislation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gregory J. R. Richardson*
Affiliation:
Medical Services, York Health Services NHS Trust, York YO3 7BY
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Psychiatric services delivered outside agreed contracts between purchasers and providers will not be paid for. Reduced income will then mean reduced services. This article describes how psychiatrists might understand and address the contracting issues for their service, so that they effectively involve themselves in the contracting process in their locality, and so maintain the services for their patients.

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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

References

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National Health Service Management Executive (1993) Key Area Handbook - Mental Illness. London: NHSME.Google Scholar
Sims, A. (1993) General practitioner fundholding and psychiatric practice. Psychiatric Bulletin, 17, 193195.Google Scholar
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