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The psychiatric secretary: a key player in the ‘new’ health service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sally A. Foster  and
Philip S. Davison
Sally A. Foster
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital
Philip S. Davison
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX4 7JX
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Over recent years the National Health Service has undergone many changes, one of the most important being the development of purchaser/provider roles. From April 1993 district health authorities (DHAs) and general practitioner fund holders (GPFHs) have been able to choose from which provider to purchase their adult psychiatric out-patient services. While discussions on how to attract and keep the contracts from DHAs and GPFHs have been underway at a managerial and consultant level, we believe that the potential role of a key player for hospitals, the psychiatric medical secretary, has been overlooked. This paper examines the secretarial role in the context of the ‘new’ health service.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 755 - 756
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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