Emergency admissions to a regional adolescent unit: piloting a new service

Adolescent in-patient units within the NHS generally provide a broad range of services to large catchment areas and populations. ‘Pine Lodge’ Young People's Centre in Chester has piloted a new emergency admission service which it has run in conjunction with its existing treatment service. This...

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Published inPsychiatric bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 604 - 608
Main Author Cotgrove, Andrew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.1997
Subjects
Adolescents
Chester
Emergency admission
Psychiatric units
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Summary:Adolescent in-patient units within the NHS generally provide a broad range of services to large catchment areas and populations. ‘Pine Lodge’ Young People's Centre in Chester has piloted a new emergency admission service which it has run in conjunction with its existing treatment service. This paper sets out to discuss the potential difficulties in providing such a service in the setting of a general purpose adolescent unit; describe the specification of the piloted emergency service; and present the results of monitoring its use and efficacy during the first six months.
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ISSN:0955-6036
1472-1473
DOI:10.1192/pb.21.10.604