To whom it may concern:
I am greatly concerned about the decision to
close the Bristol Psychopharmacology Unit.
My learning disability patients do not directly
access the clinic but I have sought the expertise of the clinicians who have
run the clinic over the years. The problems addressed are the complex
prescribing issues, and I am sure knowledge emanating from this unit has
prevented costly assessments and admissions around Bristol (often a hidden benefit).
I hope urgent discussions about the planned
closure can take place.
Yours sincerely
Dr Helen Sharrard
Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability, S
Glos
From the perspective of the School of psychiatry
this loss will impact significantly on the training of psychiatrists & will
significantly reduce an important research resource, used by many trainees over
a long period. It will also mean that the concentrated expertise in dealing
with difficult to manage cases will be lost in the region & we may need to
refer more often to the Maudsley and other specialist centres, a great distance
from the SW. Trainees may also need to gain specialist experience through placement
out of the Deanery as a result.
I hope it is possible for this unit to be
retained in some capacity for the future.
Yours,
Rob Macpherson, Head of School of Psychiatry,
Severn Deanery.
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