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First light: old age psychiatry in Wolverhampton 1995–1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Jolley ,
Rosie Jenkins  and
Simon Dixey
David Jolley*
Affiliation:
University of Wolverhampton, Penn Hospital, Wolverhampton WV4 5HN
Rosie Jenkins
Affiliation:
Wolverhampton Health Care, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
Simon Dixey
Affiliation:
Wolverhampton Health Care, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
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∗Correspondence
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In a survey of services conducted by the Section of Old Age Psychiatry in 1993, Wolverhampton was identified as one of 24 Districts with no consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in post (Benbow & Jolley, 1996). This encouraged the newly formed NHS Trust responsible for mental health and other community services to arrange for the secondment of D. J. from South Manchester, for a period of two years, with a view to setting up and running an appropriate service for older people with mental illnesses (Jolley, 1996). We are reporting here some of the changes which have occurred during the first year of this secondment.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , August 1997 , pp. 503 - 505
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