title: Chinese whispers: the folklore of community psychiatric nursing manpower planning targets.
abstract: The relatively recent establishment of manpower planning targets for community psychiatric nursing services in England are traced to their origins in 1976. The original mathematics are reworked and differences are found. Methodological and substantive issues which flow from the findings are discussed, both in relation to post-basic nurse education in general and for future planning of community psychiatric nursing in particular. Future research directions are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Studies, Brighton Polytechnic, Falmer, East Sussex.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004739:England; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D000078329:Workforce