title: Worcester Development Project: the closure and replacement of a mental hospital.
abstract: 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.
authors: Worcester Royal Infirmary, Newtown Branch.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Milner
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Hassall
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004739:England; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine