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The Mental Health Services: A Review of the Statistical Sources and a Critical Assessment of their Usefulness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alan Maynard  and
Rachel Tingle
Alan Maynard
Affiliation:
Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD
Rachel Tingle
Affiliation:
Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD
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The National Health Service has entered a period of substantial change. The impending reform of local government (1974) will coincide with considerable reforms in the administrative structure of the N.H.S. (1). In addition, our subject matter—the mental health services—has been the subject of various Government White Papers and policy decisions (2). These reforms are an attempt to increase the efficiency of the service, and throughout their pages reference is made to the need for scientific management and administrative efficiency.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 581 , April 1974 , pp. 317 - 326
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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