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Primary health care service for long-stay psychiatric in-patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nigel Fisher  and
Judy Roberts
Nigel Fisher*
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Service, Springfield Hospital 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
Judy Roberts
Affiliation:
The Surgery, 219A Upper Tooting Road, London
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

A retrospective review of the activity of a general practitioner employed specifically to provide a primary health care service to the residents of an ‘old long-stay’ psychiatric ward was undertaken.

Results

All but one patient had a chronic physical health problem requiring active management. Presenting pathology covered all organ systems. The review indicated that these health problems had not previously been satisfactorily managed by psychiatrists. This service was acceptable to and valued by patients.

Clinical implications

The success of the service was only achieved by dedicating specific resources to meet primary health care needs. The extent to which this model could be extended to ‘new long-stay’ populations located in dispersed hospital hostels is less certain.

Type
Original Papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 610 - 612
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Copyright
Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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