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Changes in referral rates following community psychiatric nurse attachment to a primary care team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrew D. Wells ,
John M. Eagles ,
David Hunter  and
Douglas G. Fowlie
Andrew D. Wells
Affiliation:
The Douglas Inch Centre, 2 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, G3 7UY
John M. Eagles
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
David Hunter
Affiliation:
Systems Director, Aberdeen Psychiatric Case Register
Douglas G. Fowlie
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
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Over the past three decades there has been a shift in emphasis from hospital based to community care of psychiatric patients. Central to this change has been the development of the community psychiatric nursing services and an increase in its numbers. Until recently community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) were almost entirely hospital based, working as members of a multidisciplinary team and providing follow-up for psychiatric patients.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , May 1992 , pp. 264 - 265
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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