Worcester Development Project: the closure and replacement of a mental hospital.
The Worcester Development Project began in 1968 when the Department of Health and Social Security brought together the Worcester and Kidderminster Hospital Management Committee and the County Council in a co-ordinated joint planning venture. Powick Hospital was chosen as the location for testing the hypothesis that closing a mental hospital and replacing it with general hospital psychiatric units, supported by a variety of community facilities, would provide a more economical and better service. This paper describes the outcome of this unique opportunity to study the problems involved in closing a mental hospital and its replacement with other facilities.
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Worcester Royal Infirmary, Newtown Branch.
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