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After the standards…a gaping cavity filled by Clinical Governance?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2005

Stephen Dye  and
Andy Johnston
Stephen Dye
Affiliation:
Consultant Psychiatrist, Kimble PICU, Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust, Amersham Hospital, Whielden St, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0JD, UK
Andy Johnston
Affiliation:
Senior Nurse Manager / Lead Nurse, West London Forensic Services, West London Mental Health NHS Trust

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The National Minimum Standards (NMS) for General Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and Low Secure Environ ments were published by the Department of Health in April 2002 (DOH, 2002). As a Policy Implementation Guide, the document provides each unit with a tool for benchmarking their own service and gives any stakeholder or staff member associated with PICUs/Low Secure Services something to take from it.

Information

Type
Editorial
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , September 2005 , pp. 3 - 5
Copyright
© 2005 NAPICU

References

Cullen, R., Nicholls, S., Halligan, A. (2000) Reviewing a service – discovering the unwritten rules. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care. 8(4): 233–239.Google Scholar
Department of Health (2002) National Minimum Standards for General Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) and Low Secure Environments. London: Department of Health Publications.
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Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA (2003) Independent Inquiry into the death of David Bennett.