An interview in which Professor Louis Appleby, CBE, reflects on his time as National Director for Mental Health and in particular the reforms to services for people with…
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An interview in which Professor Louis Appleby, CBE, reflects on his time as National Director for Mental Health and in particular the reforms to services for people with concurrent mental health and substance misuse problems.
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No‐one doubts the progress that has been made, through implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF) (DoH, 1999), in improving services for people with…
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No‐one doubts the progress that has been made, through implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF) (DoH, 1999), in improving services for people with mental health difficulties. More needs to be done to continue these improvements and, in the current context of system and focus change for the NHS, success will depend on identifying the most promising areas to make progress.