‘It’s a Goal!’ – Basing a Community Psychiatric Nursing Service in a Local Football Stadium

‘It’s a Goal!’; Basing a CPN in a Football Stadium – The half time score, Mental Health Nurse, Vol.26 (3) pg 10-13 It’s a Goal!: basing a community psychiatric nursing service in a local football stadium 2004, JRSH, Vol.124 (5) Its a goal project site Click on both paper titles to gain direct full-text access Abstract:  ‘It’s a [...]

Adult Meduim Secure Units – Environmental Design Principles

Environmental design principles for adult medium secure units, Department of Health, April 2009 Click on the report title to gain direct full-text access Abstract: This draft document launches a consultation on revisions to previously published medium secure environmental guidance (Design Guide 1993). It is anticipated the document will annex the Best Practice Guidance and Specification [...]

Mental Health Act 1983 – Patients Records

Independent mental health advocates: supplementary guidance on access to patient records under section 130B of the Mental Health Act 1983, Department of Health, May 2009 Click on the Report title to gain direct full-text access Abstract: The Department of Health has been asked for advice on whether section 130B of the Mental Health Act 1983 [...]

Memory Clinics – Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

Diagnostic utility of the Pittsburgh sleep Quality Index in memory clinics, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Online early view, 2009 P. Hancock 1, A. J. Larner 2 1Memory Clinic, 5 Borough Partnership NHS Trust, Brooker Centre, Halton Hospital, Runcorn, UK 2Cognitive Function Clinic, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK email: A. J. Larner [...]

Development of quality indicators for memory clinics

Development of quality indicators for memory clinics, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 23 Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119 - 128 Abstract: Objective To develop and validate a set of relevant, feasible, and reliable quality indicators (QIs) for the Memory Clinics (MCs). Background MCs are important care providers for people with dementia and their caregivers. A set of valid QIs [...]