Developing Primary Care for Patients With Long-Term Mental Illness

Your guide to improving services

Richard Byng, Helen Single
September 1999 | ISBN 978 1 85717 271 3 | 124 pages | £12.99

Primary and acute care services both aim to provide the best possible care for people with mental health needs, but adopt very different approaches. This publication argues that partnership working is essential if community teams are to provide comprehensive, appropriate services at local level, with the right kind of support from hospital services. It considers the best way for primary and acute care services to work together and provides a framework for joint decision making.