Recent government policy requires community mental health nurses to concentrate on people with severe and enduring illness. This means considerable changes for nurses previously encouraged to build up relationships with GP practices and work with a range of clients. The authors recount how their trust set about reorganising the service.
Recent government policy requires community mental health nurses to concentrate on people with severe and enduring illness. This means considerable changes for nurses previously encouraged to build up relationships with GP practices and work with a range of clients. The authors recount how their trust set about reorganising the service.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, NHS, NHS trusts, nurses, policy, severe mental health problems, community care, community mental health services, community mental health teams, general practitioners;