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ENQUIRIES THE PROFESSIONS FIGHT BACK Philip McGarry Public affairs Officer Royal College of Psychiatrists Northern

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ENQUIRIES THE PROFESSIONS FIGHT BACK Philip McGarry Public affairs Officer Royal College of Psychiatrists Northern

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    3. DEATHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Overall homicides p.a. 800+ Due to psychosis c. 30 -50 Suicides c. 5,000 Other deaths Drowning 280 Car Accidents 4,000 Other Accidents 12,000

    5. from an article in The Lancet (1979) about Mental Hospital Inquiries by the chairmen of the South Ockenden and St Augustines Inquiries inquiries burn up money that is desperately needed to improve the Health Service, disrupt the work of the hospital, and often have a devastating effect on individual and group morale, leaving in their wake a legacy of corrosive bitterness. They should be avoided wherever possible.

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