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Home treatment team reduces numbers of acute admissions

Home treatment team reduces numbers of acute admissions This article describes the work of the Belfast home treatment team. It describes the structure of the service, its skills base and aspects of the work it does. It also highlights the impact that gatekeeping has had on the use of acute inpatient psychiatric beds, with a reduction in admissions and an increase in the numbers of people being supported by the home treatment team. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mental Health Practice Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Home treatment team reduces numbers of acute admissions

Mental Health Practice , Volume 13 (10) – Jul 1, 2010

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Publisher
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Copyright
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Feature
ISSN
1465-8720
eISSN
2047-895X
DOI
10.7748/mhp2010.07.13.10.26.c7856
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Abstract

This article describes the work of the Belfast home treatment team. It describes the structure of the service, its skills base and aspects of the work it does. It also highlights the impact that gatekeeping has had on the use of acute inpatient psychiatric beds, with a reduction in admissions and an increase in the numbers of people being supported by the home treatment team.

Journal

Mental Health PracticeRoyal College of Nursing (RCN)

Published: Jul 1, 2010

Keywords: Home treatment acute mental health care treatment models

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