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The 21st century has brought increasing wealth to the United Kingdom but with a maldistribution of that wealth. Clinical forensic psychiatry has expanded, within a health service that is underfunded. Last century the NHS provided some funding for academic work,… Continue reading →

1999 saw the publication of a further enquiry into Ashworth Hospital. This time it was alleged that the so-called personality disorder unit, which specialised in the management of sex offenders, was out of control and was allowing visiting children to… Continue reading →

Publication of Gunn & Taylor Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues 1st edition.

Publication of the “Reed” report by Department of Health and Home Office. The essence of the report was that mentally disordered offenders should receive care and treatment from health and social services rather than custodial care. They also recommended the… Continue reading →

8 new chairs of forensic psychiatry developed with NHS funding at – Newcastle, Broadmoor, Birmingham, Sheffield, QMW, Leicester and Cardiff.

The second public enquiry into the care and treatment of patients at high security hospitals was also triggered by a television programme and the new Ashworth Hospital (formed by amalgamating Park Lane and Moss Side hospitals) came under scrutiny of… Continue reading →

The Special Hospitals Service Authority was a special health authority of the National Health Service in England from 1989 to 1996. It had responsibility for managing the three high security “special” psychiatric hospitals in England: Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton. The… Continue reading →

Section of Forensic Psychiatry becomes independent department at Institute of Psychiatry.

MRC ends its funding into studies of violence owing to government spending cuts.

Initiative and Inertia by Barbara Stocking published. Research showing how health service changes come about and how they are delayed. One of the four areas studied was the development of regional secure units outlining the slow progress of such units… Continue reading →