Welfare Reform on the Web (February 2002): Mental Health Services - UK

MENTAL HEALTH NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK (AND THE NHS PLAN): WORKFORCE PLANNING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING: UNDERPINNING PROGRAMME: ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: FINAL REPORT

NSF Mental Health Workforce Action Team

London: Department of Health, 2001

This is a comprehensive review of workforce planning, education and training in the mental health services. Argues for the integration of professionals into multi-disciplinary teams and for the creation of a new class of ancillary staff to be called Support, Time and Recovery workers.