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Experience and application of HoNOS65+

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Lesley Allen
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Sushila Bala
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Richard Carthew
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Stephanie Daley
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Eugene Doyle
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Pat Driscoll
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Barbara Grey
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
Alastair Macdonald*
Affiliation:
Lewisham & Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LH
*
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Abstract

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Aims and method

The implementation of the Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales for Old Age Psychiatry services (HoNOS66+) in a National Health Service trust is described. Some preliminary data are reported for illustrative purposes.

Results

Lessons learnt from this process are identified, and further work needed both on the glossary for the scales and on systems for trapping data is suggested.

Clinical implications

These remain uncertain. It may be that HoNOS65+ will remain a purely administrative tool.

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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.
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Shulman, K. & Arie, T. (1991) UK survey of psychiatric services for the elderly: direction for developing services. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 36, 169175.Google Scholar
Wing, J. K., Curtis, R. H. & Beevor, A. S. (1996) HoNOS: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales . A Brief Report. London: Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Unit.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
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