Nursing Times Improving quality of mental health care for BME clients
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AUTHOR Rashna Hackett , MA , RMN, is consultant nurse, acute care, Sheffield Care Trust. ABSTRACT Hackett, R. (2008) Improving quality of mental health care for BME clients. This is an extended version of the article published in Nursing Times; 104: 1, 35-36. This article shows how nursing leadership can contribute to service and practice development to improve care for clients of black and minority ethnic groups and communities through the Delivering Race Equality policy (Department of Health, 2005). It describes the Enhancing Pathways in Care (EPIC) project for clients of Pakistani origin in Sheffield , who need acute mental health services.
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