Towards integrated health care: a model for assault victims

Authors:
SHEPHERD Jonathan P., BISSON Jonathan I.
Journal article citation:
British Journal of Psychiatry, 184(1), January 2004, pp.3-4.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act places a statutory responsibility on the National Health Service (NHS) to work in partnership with the police and local authorities to audit and tackle crime in their areas. One of the principal reasons for this partnership approach is that substantial numbers of offences that result in NHS treatment of physical and psychological injuries are not reported to the police. Nowhere is the 'dark figure' of unrecorded crime more obvious than in accident and emergency departments.

Subject terms:
integrated services, joint working, medical treatment, NHS, police, psychiatry, primary care, crime victims, criminal justice, emergency health services;
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ISSN online:
1472-1465
ISSN print:
0007-1250

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