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Abstract
This conceptual article examines the organisational crisis in England's National Health Service in light of the recently launched model of policing called Right Care Right Person introduced to reduce police hours spent dealing with mental health crisis calls. It is a move that has come with concerns for health services because these newly created gaps alongside the existing ones pose challenges around funding and timescales in implementing the new model. It is a curious case of organisational paradox that diverting mentally ill persons into health services and ‘decriminalising’ those whose health conditions bring them to the attention of the justice system, has raised concerns in the health sector about access to adequate mental health services unless an arm of the justice system is involved. Given the similarities in health and legal systems in the Anglo-Western world, this English model has international implications about organisational paradoxes in health systems.
这篇概念性文章从最近推出的名为 "正确护理正确的人"(Right Care Right Person)的警务模式出发,探讨了英格兰国民健康服务的组织危机,该模式旨在减少警方处理精神健康危机电话的时间。此举引起了医疗服务机构的担忧,因为这些新出现的缺口与现有的缺口一起,给新模式的实施带来了资金和时间上的挑战。将精神病患者转到医疗服务机构,并将那些因健康状况而被司法系统关注的人 "非刑罪化",这是个奇怪的组织悖论案例,它引起了卫生部门对获得适当精神健康服务的担忧,除非司法系统的一个部门参与进来。鉴于盎格鲁-西方世界的医疗体系和法律体系的相似性,这种英国模式对医疗体系的组织悖论具有国际影响。
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Law and Psychiatry is intended to provide a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and information among professionals concerned with the interface of law and psychiatry. There is a growing awareness of the need for exploring the fundamental goals of both the legal and psychiatric systems and the social implications of their interaction. The journal seeks to enhance understanding and cooperation in the field through the varied approaches represented, not only by law and psychiatry, but also by the social sciences and related disciplines.