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The Vron – a short-stay rehabilitation hostel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. E. Robson*
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Department of Psychiatry, Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB
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The development of hospital hostels was advocated by the DHSS in 1975. These combined the clinical expertise and back-up of hospital resources with a domestic environment. The suggested level of provision was eight to ten places per 200,000 population in areas of average need and ten to 12 places in high need areas.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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