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1Mental health services research Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, London.
Focus groups of mental health practitioners, service users and carers, designed to test the competence of staff to deliver modern services, revealed wide discrepancies in perceptions. Staff saw the persistence of the medical model, and the risk-averse culture of trusts, as obstacles to delivering effective care. Users and carers felt generally uninvolved in care planning.
Focus groups of mental health practitioners, service users and carers, designed to test the competence of staff to deliver modern services, revealed wide discrepancies in perceptions. Staff saw the persistence of the medical model, and the risk-averse culture of trusts, as obstacles to delivering effective care. Users and carers felt generally uninvolved in care planning.