Nottingham and the Hospital Plan: a follow-up study of long-stay in-patients.
The post-war development of psychiatric services in Nottingham, with their reduction in the number of beds and marked increase in in-patient turnover and day patient and out-patient attendances, represents a close approximation to the proposals of the 1962 Hospital Plan. These changes were achieved by redeployment of existing resources. A fifteen-year attrition study of 1960 long-stay in-patients shows a high rate of discharge, especially for males. The reasons for these findings and some implications are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013997:Time Factors