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  • Community-based compulsory treatment orders in Scotland : the early evidence

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    Lawton-Smith, Simon and King's Fund
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    In recent years, several countries have introduced powers to compel certain people with mental disorders living in the community to engage with services and undergo treatment. This paper explores what happened in the first six months after community-based compulsory treatment orders were introduced in Scotland in October 2005. It looks ...

  • Local variations in NHS spending priorities

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    King's Fund
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    While the 'postcode lottery' of accessing drugs such as Herceptin on the NHS attract media headlines, there has been growing awareness of more fundamental variations in spending by primary care trusts (PCTs), the organisations responsible for purchasing the bulk of NHS care for people living in their catchment areas. This ...

  • Improving health in London : case study : Supportive Family Training

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    King's Fund
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    This is one of a series of case studies exploring how individuals living in London have used the King's Fund Millennium Awards scheme to make a real difference to the health of others in their communities. One in four people will experience a mental health problem at some point in ...

  • [Memorandum to the Scrutiny Committee, draft Mental Health Bill 2004.]

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    Dickson, Niall and King's Fund
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    King's Fund Chief Executive Niall Dickson's written evidence sent to the Scrutiny Committee, Draft Mental Health Bill 2004.

  • Medicine and humanity

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    King's Fund
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    Based on six King's College London debates, this book explores the moral dilemmas raised by modern medicine. The public debates tackled issues such as health and poverty, bioengineering, euthanasia and mental health. In each of the six topics, two speakers exchanged views and their talks are published in this volume, ...