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Old age psychiatry: a speciality in transition
— results of the 1996 survey | | Author(s) | John Wattis, Andrew MacDonald, Paul Newton |
| Journal title | Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 23, no 7, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 331-335 |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Psychiatrists ; Personnel ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Earlier reports on old age psychiatry services in 1981, 1984, and 1989 demonstrated a steady improvement in consultant numbers and facilities. The authors undertook this survey to determine how the speciality has fared in the ten years since the previous one. The response rate (51%) was lower than in previous surveys. Senior academic appointments showed little increase and academic posts were largely National Health Service (NHS) funded. Services had smaller catchment areas and increased numbers of staff in medicine, nursing and social work, but not in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology. Relative workload was increasing and most services included early-onset dementia. There was a decrease in provision of long-stay NHS beds, with only marginal changes in other facilities. Services were offering more to patients than previously. Weaknesses in academic development may cause problems in the future: the results suggest that recruitment in some disciplines may already be problematical. There is a need to develop the role of NHS long-stay facilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990824251 A |
| Classmark | LP: QT9: QM: 3F |
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