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Service innovations: developing a service for the mental health needs of South-Asian children and adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Latha Hackett
Affiliation:
Winnicott Centre, Hathersage Road, Manchester
Louise Theodosiou
Affiliation:
Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE, email: ltheodosiou@doctors.org.uk
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Over recent years there has been concern regarding health service accessibility for minority ethnic groups and this was reflected in the introduction of mandatory recordings of patient ethnicity upon hospital admission (Giu & Johnson, 1995).

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