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Formal needs assessment in practice: an application of the MRC needs for Psychiatric Care Assessment Schedule
- Authors:
- MIDDLETON Hugh C., REGUEIRA Manual F., BRAMLEY Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(1), February 1996, pp.65-75.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
By way of illustrating how formal needs assessment can be applied in practice, a derivative of the MRC Needs for Psychiatric Care Assessment Schedule was used to investigate the quality of care amongst clients suffering enduring mental illness in a rural population served by a non-teaching hospital service. Needs differed from those of more urban populations similarly investigated but were no less well met. The exercise demonstrates the feasibility of such an approach and identifies some of its benefits and pitfalls.