The International journal of social psychiatry
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Int J Soc Psychiatry · Jan 1993
Mental health policy in practice: lessons from the All Wales Strategy Mental Illness.
The ultimate objective of the All Wales Strategy--Mental Illness, is to produce a community based mental health service led by multidisciplinary community mental health teams. This paper is based upon a report commissioned by the Welsh Office Social Services Inspectorate based upon a review of progress in the implementation of the strategy through scrutiny of County Joint Plans and meetings with County Joint Planning Teams. ⋯ Insufficient attention was being paid to issues of staff development and the capacity to monitor and evaluate service developments. The need for a baseline assessment of current performance by health and social services authorities seemed inescapable, if the impact of the strategy is to be reliably and validly assessed.