Psychiatric Bulletin (1996) 20: 143-145. doi: 10.1192/pb.20.3.143
© 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The supervision register: one year on
Phillip Vaughan, Locality Manager
Adult Mental Health Services, Northern Locality Community Mental Health Team, Mulfords Hill Centre, 37–39 Mulfords Hill, Tadley, Hants RG26 3HX
A postal survey was conducted within four regional Health Authorities to ascertain how widely the supervision register had been applied in its first year of operation in adult mental health. A 72% response rate was achieved. The results showed that the register has been absorbed organisationally but is less accepted professionally. One hundred and nineteen of the 367 consultants in the sample (32%) had no entries on the register at 31st March 1995. The provision of training on its use had a significant effect on compliance, although London-based services had marginally less registrations per consultant than their colleagues elsewhere. Very few outside agencies had required access to the register.
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