Clusters and pathways in mental health: what are the implications for inequalities?
Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care
ISSN: 1757-0980
Article publication date: 31 December 2010
Abstract
Mental health care in England has been subject to a great deal of scrutiny in recent years for its equality of access, experience and outcome. Five years of the Delivering Race Equality programme produced momentum, learning and improvements. It is clear, though, that efforts need to consider a continuous quality improvement approach and consciously use all new initiatives to further drive more equal services. A current initiative in England is the care clusters model for mental health, along with associated moves to commission services on a payment by results basis. This paper examines these developments and the possible implications for supporting greater equality in mental health care.
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Citation
Clark, M. (2010), "Clusters and pathways in mental health: what are the implications for inequalities?", Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 30-35. https://doi.org/10.5042/eihsc.2011.0075
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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