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The Care Programme Approach: time for frank talking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Burns and
Judy Leibowitz
Tom Burns
Affiliation:
Pathfinder Mental Health NHS Trust Springfield Hospital 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
Judy Leibowitz
Affiliation:
Pathfinder Mental Health NHS Trust Springfield Hospital 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
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The Care Programme Approach (CPA) was introduced as a cornerstone of the Government's mental health policy in 1992 (Kingdon, 1994). It was meant to clarify the complex issues surrounding the coordination of care for the severely mentally ill and to promote interprofessional communication and effective targeting of resources by community mental health teams (CMHTs). The Ritchie report into the care of Christopher Clunis (Ritchie, 1994) underlined the need for clarity about who has overall responsibility for coordination and review of the progress of care – the key worker. The report makes a compelling case for a clearly documented care plan with identified problems, therapeutic goals and an unambiguous statement of who is responsible for what and when. How, then, could this virtuous proposal generate conflict and bad feeling? And why is there relatively little debate about it in the professional press?

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 7 , July 1997, pp. 426 - 429
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