The purpose of this document is to take the debate and practice concerning the situation of Black people who are diagnosed as suffering from mental illness beyond the point of counting heads, and instead to focus more on acknowledging and highlighting positive methods of diagnosing and treating mental health problems ...
This publication provides guidance for managers in regional and purchasing authorities and in provider units on how to improve NHS services provided to people from black populations. It should also be a basis on which community organisations and users' groups can evaluate race equality initiatives in local service provision. Managers ...
As yet few people working in the health service are aware of the scale of the tidal wave of new medical technology now breaking over the NHS. While these technologies offer startling improvements in medical information and therapeutic technique, they are also costly. What they accomplish for the patient in ...
This report is based on a conference which aimed to make health services more user-friendly. The purpose of the conference was to learn from initiatives across the public sector and to learn about the practicalities as well as the politics of making public services more responsive to the people who ...
This book describes the experiences of twenty families who have, living at home, a teenager or young adult with severe learning difficulties who has been classified by professionals as 'severely' or 'profoundly' mentally handicapped, and who also has 'serious behavioural problems'. It documents the lives of these families, and the ...
This book has been written to provide practical help for people working in and around the health service who are keen to enhance users' experiences. A number of developments which are contributing to more responsive services have been gathered together and, by focusing on practicalities, the book helps to unravel ...
This conference report looks at the provision of services for people with physical disabilities. This included insufficient resources; poorly trained professionals; a lack of coordination within and among state and voluntary care organisations; and the inability to take into account the wishes and experiences of those on the receiving end ...
In response to the DHSS circular `Patients dying in hospital' (DA(84)17) the Bloomsbury District Management Team asked for an examination of the way that dying patients and their relatives are cared for in Bloomsbury hospitals. This paper arises out of that examination and also out of discussions with nurses, doctors ...
The conference was asked to confine its attention to three groups of people who might need asylum: adults with persistent major mental health problems including those problems specific to age and dementia; those with mental health problems and behavioural problems; people with aggressive or challenging behaviour. Having listened to evidence ...