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Minimum and medium security

The interface: use of Section 17 trial leave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. J. B. James ,
J. Smith ,
R. Hoogkamer ,
J. Laing  and
W. M. Donovan
A. J. B. James*
Affiliation:
Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon EX7 0NR
J. Smith
Affiliation:
Fromeside Clinic, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1ED
W. M. Donovan
Affiliation:
Langdon Hospital, Exeter Road, Dawlish, Devon EX7 0NR
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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This paper examines the use of Section 17 trial leave from local psychiatric units to regional secure units in order to facilitate the return of patients to local services when higher security is no longer necessary. The current national shortage of medium secure beds is exacerbated by such patients when general psychiatric services are unwilling to have them back. Experience from the regional secure units in the old South Western Region has shown beneficial effects of the use of Section 17 trial leave in this way.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 201 - 204
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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