Funding for mental health services in England faces many challenges, including operating
under financial constraints where it is not easy to demonstrate the link between activity and …

Mental health payment by results (PbR) is a disruptive new prospective payment system
intended to replace National Health Service block contracts in England and provide a …

In 'Wake-up call for British psychiatry'Craddock et al explained how recent attempts to
improve psychosocial care for people with mental illness focus on non-specific psychosocial …

Forensic mental health services are low-volume, high-cost services. Payment by results
(PbR) is the UK s latest attempt to improve efficiency and controls pending behaviours within …

The National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF–MH), published by the Department
of Health in 1999, set an ambitious 10-year agenda for improving mental healthcare for …

The aim of this study is to evaluate the implementation of the Payment by Results (PbR)
policy in mental health in England through the identification of the driving factors that have …

In 'Wake-up call for British psychiatry'Craddock et al explained how recent attempts to
improve psychosocial care for people with mental illness focus on non-specific psychosocial …

This thesis investigates the performance of mental health providers in England on resource
use (length of inpatient stay and costs) and quality (readmission rates and patient …

It has been interesting and exhilarating to read the responses to my initial essay. And also
saddening when we hear the gallows humour of the mental health social workers cited by …

Cognitive models of psychosis highlight the role of underlying differences in cognitive
function and information processing in the development and maintenance of psychotic …