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Implications of urban drift on health care resources in inner London

Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RP

A. M. Parshall, Consultant Psychiatrist

Gordon Hospital, London

^* Correspondence

All 34 patients admitted from a central area of London over a 10-week period were identified. The 25 (73%) who were subsequently interviewed were questioned about their whereabouts at various points in the past. Eleven (44%) of the interviewed patients had arrived in the area within one month prior to admission, nine (36%) within the last week. Seven (28%) of the total were identified as not being the responsibility of the local authority. Patients who have recently arrived provide a significant proportion of the clinical workload in this area.