title: Secure units. Safety measures.
abstract: More than 20 years after the publication of the Butler report which led to the establishment of medium-secure units, many of its recommendations have not been implemented. There is still a shortage of beds in medium-secure units. A survey of 18 of the 25 units in England and Wales has revealed wide variations in size as well as staffing ratios. National leadership and more coherent planning is needed.
authors.affiliation: Rampton Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rooney
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012637:Security Measures; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce