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Loss of doctor-to-doctor communication: lessons from the reconfiguration of mental health services in England.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To explore the tensions across the primary-secondary interface when referral from primary care is to a team and to inform service developments in other specialties. METHODS:A nested qualitative study within a randomized controlled trial of primary care and Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Croydon and Manchester, UK. For the qualitative study, interviews were carried out with general practitioners (GPs), psychiatrists and managers or clinical leads of the CMHTs. RESULTS:GPs described the need for access to specialist knowledge, which they perceived to lie with the psychiatrist, and referral to a team was not perceived to allow this access. A personal threshold was identified by GPs after which they referred the patient to secondary care. CMHTs and psychiatrists recognized that this personal threshold differed between GPs, but their criteria for accepting referrals did not seem to allow for a flexible response to referral requests, leading to the referral being labelled as 'inappropriate'. The lack of direct doctor-to-doctor communication was perceived by respondents to contribute to a fragmentation of patient care. Strategies were described whereby the system was bypassed to achieve doctor-to-doctor communication, which undermined the team. CONCLUSIONS:Development of intermediate or 'Tier 2' services beyond the mental health services, where the GP refers to a team rather than to a specialist (hospital consultant) could benefit from reflecting on experiences with mental health services. There is a danger that new community services for the physically ill will engender the same level of confusion and discontent described by GPs and other health professionals in this study who are concerned with mental health care. Flexibility is needed within care pathways, including the provision of direct doctor-to-doctor communication together with approaches to minimize the marginalization of non-medical professionals.

journal_name

J Health Serv Res Policy

journal_title

Journal of health services research & policy

authors

Chew-Graham C,Slade M,Montâna C,Stewart M,Gask L

doi

10.1258/jhsrp.2007.006053

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

6-12

issue

eissn

1355-8196

issn

1758-1060

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Loss of doctor-to-doctor communication: lessons from the reconfiguration of mental health services in England.