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Chapter 24 - Setting Standards for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

By
Jim Bolton
Edited by
Rachel Thomasson ,
Elspeth Guthrie  and
Allan House
Rachel Thomasson
Affiliation:
Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences
Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Allan House
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
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Summary

This chapter addresses the question of what constitutes a good liaison psychiatry service. It briefly considers two national initiatives that have addressed the quality of mental healthcare in general hospitals – the Care Quality Commission (CQC) acute hospital inspection programme and two National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) reports. However, the chapter primarily focusses on the setting and measurement of standards for liaison psychiatry services by the UK Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN).

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liaison psychiatrystandardsqualityPsychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network
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Seminars in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry , pp. 389 - 400
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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