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Improving quality in primary care: a practical guide to the national service framework for mental health
- Authors:
- GASK Linda, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The aim of this handbook is to provide a simple practical guide to the National Service Framework (NSF) for Mental Health which was published by the Government in 1999. The guide is mainly for people working in primary care. It suggests what Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts can do to meet the expectations of the NSF, and also what individual practices and practitioners can do. There are several issues that cut across the standards and will offer a particular challenge to primary care viz: ensuring primary care reaches out to the socially excluded; providing training so that primary care professionals have the skills and knowledge to deal effectively with mental health problems; addressing current inequities of access to services; developing care pathways and protocols; defining severely mentally ill; providing for the mental health and other needs of carers by working with social care agencies and the voluntary sector; and preventing suicide through assessment of risk and crisis management.