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Development of services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) or mental illness in England: Tenth Report prepared pursuant to Section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Community care for people with learning disabilities: specialist learning disabilities health services following resettlement
- Authors:
- BAILEY Nicola M., COOPER Sally-Ann
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(2), 1999, pp.64-69.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the specialist learning disabilities health services provided by the NHS Trusts in England and Wales which have completed their resettlement programme. Comparisons showed that NHS Trusts which had completed the resettlement process had significantly fewer long stay placements and employed significantly fewer learning disabilities psychiatrists than did other NHS Trusts. However, similar numbers of other learning disabilities health professionals were employed by the two groups of NHS Trusts to work with people with learning disabilities in the community. This suggests that when institutions close, the development of community health services has not been accompanied by the increase in resources that one might have expected.
Vulnerable people as victims of crime: recent developments in England and Wales
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 1(2), November 1999, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Starting from the standpoint that adult protection has significant overlaps with a range of other areas of interest, this article considers how criminal justice systems in key countries are responding to the challenge of vulnerable adults. American, Canadian and UK legal frameworks and recent practice are examined in relation to vulnerable adults as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act, 1988.
Prescription of psychotropic medication to people with intellectual disabilities in primary health-care settings
- Authors:
- MOLYNEUX Philip, EMERSON Eric, CAINE Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), 1999, pp.46-57.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this study prescribing practices for people with intellectual disabilities were surveyed in three localities in the North West of England corresponding to areas covered by three separate NHS Community Trusts. Discusses the results of the survey.