Dell S
Br J Psychiatry. 1980 Mar;136:222-34. doi: 10.1192/bjp.136.3.222.
In 1976, 163 patients were approved by the Department of Health and Social Security for transfer from the Special Hospitals to the open wards of the National Health Service. By autumn 1978, a quarter were still waiting for admission. Patients meeting most difficulty were the severely handicapped non-offenders, who were usually refused unseen on the ground that local subnormality hospitals were full. The role of the DHSS and of the Regional and Area Authorities was in general restricted to bewailing problems they could not help to solve. Some two years after their transfer, enquiries were made in the NHS about the 105 transferred patients. Removal back to the Special Hospital had been requested for seven, and another three had been removed by the police and prosecuted.
1976年，卫生和社会保障部批准了163名患者从专科医院转至国民保健制度的开放式病房。到1978年秋，四分之一的患者仍在等待入院。遇到最大困难的患者是重度残疾的非罪犯，他们通常未经查看就被拒绝，理由是当地的低能儿医院已满员。卫生和社会保障部以及地区和地方当局的作用通常仅限于哀叹他们无法帮助解决的问题。在他们转院大约两年后，国民保健制度对105名转院患者进行了调查。有7人要求转回专科医院，另有3人被警方带走并受到起诉。
