...Radha Kothari; Danielle White; Laura Craster; Eva Vicianova; Sophie Dennard; Fiona Bailey; John Kemp; Derek K. Tracy; Natasha Sarkissian Purpose In 1999, the national health service (NHS) was made responsible for the commissioning of prison health care. Mental health inreach teams (MHIT) were set...

...Matt Fossey; Lauren Godier-McBard; Elspeth A. Guthrie; Jenny Hewison; Peter Trigwell; Chris J. Smith; Allan O. House Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges that are experienced by staff responsible for commissioning liaison psychiatry services and to establish...

... health field. The paper offers a unique insight into the perspectives of those responsible for commissioning the OPD pathway. The main themes from the analysis are presented under two over-arching categories: The emergence of the DSPD programme in response to a high-profile double homicide...

...Robin Miller; James Rees Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore change within the commissioning of third sector mental health services in England. Design/methodology/approach – A case study methodology based on survey and interview data of a sample of third sector organisations...

...Linda Seymour Commissioning is integral to the Government's change agenda for public services with its crosscutting aims of keeping people well, improving overall health and reducing inequalities. Commissioning for mental health ‐ rather than merely for the treatment of people with mental health...