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Workload and child sexual abuse: an argument for joint commissioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mary Cole  and
Margaret Vereker
Margaret Vereker
Affiliation:
Salisbury District Hospital Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ
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Abstract

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Recent studies in child mental health show that fundholding general practitioners regard sexual abuse work as a priority service, and also that sexually abused clients take up more out-patient time than others in the same diagnostic group. This paper provides supporting data on the issue of workload and argues that specific purchasing arrangements should be made to cover this area of well recognised need.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 414 - 417
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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