title: Special hospitals. About the size of it.
abstract: Special hospitals are facing their third major upheaval in a decade with their proposed assimilation into mental health trusts. Their size is likely to continue to decrease. But the need for them remains. Patients' needs would be best served by smaller hospitals offering more specialised care, closely integrated with other forensic services.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franey
mesh_terms: D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011329:Prisoners; D012637:Security Measures; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom