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Medical audit in psychiatry or Fear and loathing on the White Paper trail

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher Holman
Christopher Holman*
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Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, Tooting, London SW17
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The Government White Paper, Working for Patients (1989), although presented as a discussion document, should be seen as a position paper. It is clear that the government intends to implement the major proposals, and will be able through its control of general management, enhanced by a stream-lined management structure (Working for Patients para 2.3–2.11), to put pressure on health authorities to take action accordingly.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , June 1989 , pp. 281 - 284
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