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The evolution of mental handicap services in the Yorkshire Region and the Association of Yorkshire Regional Consultants in Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Douglas A. Spencer*
Affiliation:
Meanwood Park Hospital, Tongue Lane, Leeds
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At the present time, changes in the NHS provision for people with mental handicaps mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. The Yorkshire Region is seeing a far-reaching change from a previously regionally organised hospital system to district-based services. It is a time to take stock of what has existed before it is altered completely.

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