title: Improving physical health care in a mental health trust.
abstract: It is a challenge both to general medicine and psychiatry to develop systems that are better equipped to meet the physical health needs of mental health patients and reduce mortality rates (Hansen et al, 1997). Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust is establishing a department of physical health care staffed by nurses with general nursing backgrounds to tackle this problem. This nurse-led department is designed to train nurses and doctors in key aspects of physical health assessment and treatment interventions.
authors.affiliation: Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006285:Health Planning; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration; D008131:London; D008485:Medical Audit; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010808:Physical Examination; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires