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The community mental health team had been operating from their newly-built centre for 18 months. The team was not a disaster; in fact, compared to the previous lack of services, it was a quiet success and had many progressive aims. But there were problems or, as the manager put it, ‘challenges’. The team management board decided to do a full review of the team on the team’s second anniversary. Members of the board realised that they did not have sufficient information to do a review. They also wanted unbiased suggestions for improvements, especially concerning interprofessional working, and felt that the other teams which were being planned could learn from the experience of this team. Managers at a higher level in health and social services which jointly-funded the team agreed, and provided the finance for a short external study of the team conducted by the author.
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Øvretveit, J. (1997). Evaluating Interprofessional Working — A Case Example of a Community Mental Health Team. In: Øvretveit, J., Mathias, P., Thompson, T. (eds) Interprofessional Working for Health and Social Care. Community Health Care Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13873-9_4
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