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Mental health services: heading for better care; commissioning and providing mental health services for people with Huntingdon's Disease, acquired brain injury and early onset dementia
- Editors:
- WILLIAMS Richard, BARRETT Ken, MUTH Zena
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 196p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings and recommendations of the HAS review which set out to evaluate the prevailing state of mental health services for people with acquired brain injury, early onset dementia, and Huntington's Disease. Includes sections on: strategy for the future; commissioning and purchasing services; key issues affecting the design and delivery of services; the implications for the providers of services; and checklists and references.
People who are homeless: mental health services; a place in mind; commissioning and providing mental health services for people who are homeless
- Editors:
- WILLIAMS Richard, AVEBURY Kina
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this thematic review is to offer information and guidance on the commissioning and provision of mental health services to people who are homeless. While the review is mainly addressed to NHS managers, much of the material relates to the social services and housing departments of local authorities. The main thrust of this report is on joint working. The authors of the review are aware that homelessness on its own, or in association with mental health problems, is not always recognised as a major issue by health and social services managers, and that the particular needs of a highly vulnerable group of people may, therefore, remain unmet. This report examines the characteristics of the homeless population and identifies the specific challenges that it presents both to managers, in their development of strategy for commissioning, and to front-line providers in services. This report identifies examples of good practice across England and Wales.