@article{b65c1f292e32438dae8d06ebeb8ed190,
title = "New Ways of Working in UK mental health services: developing distributed responsibility in community mental health teams?",
abstract = "Background: This paper examines the introduction and operation of a number of support roles in mental health services. This is done in the context of concerns about the effectiveness of CMHTs. Aims: Three questions are addressed: the degree to which concern for the work of consultant psychiatrists informed the introduction of the new roles; what the reforms implied for the work of the psychiatrist and those in new roles; and the impact of any changes on the operation of CMHTs. Method: Data were collected as part of a national-level evaluation. The main means of collection was the semi-structured interview. Results: The study shows: that reform was underpinned by concerns about the workload of psychiatrists; and that while in principle the responsibilities of the psychiatrist were to be distributed across other team members, those in new roles felt themselves to be isolated. Conclusions: Despite the intentions of policy, the creation of the new roles did little to extend the idea of distributed responsibility in CMHTs.",
keywords = "Mental health services, community mental health teams, new ways of working, interprofessional working, workforce change, NHS, teams, support workers",
author = "Stephen Procter and Deborah Harrison and Pauline Pearson and Claire Dickinson and Chiara Lombardo",
note = "Published online first 20-10-15.",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "3",
doi = "10.3109/09638237.2015.1078880",
language = "English",
volume = "25",
pages = "126--130",
journal = "Journal of Mental Health",
issn = "0963-8237",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "2",
}