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Count me in 2007: results of the 2007 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION, et al
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The census aimed to provide accurate figures on the numbers of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales, and to encourage service providers to collect and monitor data on all ethnic groups of patients. It was conducted on March 30 2007 and collected information on: 31,187 inpatients in mental health wards at 257 NHS and independent healthcare organisations in England and Wales. The proportion of inpatients in independent mental health hospitals increased from 10% in 2005 to 14% in 2007. 4,153 inpatients in 120 organisations providing services for those with learning disabilities in England and Wales. The report stresses that without accurate data the quality of care and treatment of black and minority ethnic patients cannot be monitored. It makes recommendations to the Department of Health and the Information Centre to improve the information available about patients from all ethnic backgrounds, including those in independent healthcare organisations.
Can person-centred planning fulfil a strategic planning role?
- Author:
- FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Policy appears to regard person-centred planning (PCP) as underpinning strategic planning. While accepting the logic of its role in planning for individuals, this commentary argues that PCP cannot fulfil a strategic planning role because the development of PCP on a wide enough scale to be useful for this purpose is itself a strategic development, which will take considerable time and resources to achieve. There is still a place for population-based norms or targets based on available epidemiological data to indicate the needed scale of provision and associated resource requirement. Three illustrations are described. In conclusion, it is noted that the current lack of indicative provision targets is a weakness of recently issued policy, an absence which does nothing to safeguard the interests of those who depend on service support.
The prevalence and balance of care for intellectual disability: secondary analysis of the OPCS Disability Surveys
- Authors:
- KAVANAGH Shane M., OPIT Louis J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(2), 1999, pp.127-148.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper examines the feasibility of using the OPCS Disability Services to examine intellectual disability and provides estimates of prevalence and the balance of care between communal establishments and households, comparisons of disabilities and focuses on the care need of people living in households. The intention is to supplement recent information to local purchasing authorities and provide data against which local-based services can be compared.