Permanent historical factsheet

Better Services for the Mentally Ill

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1975Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1975

Barbara Castle1975

London · Government / Labour Party Government

The government publishes policy for improving mental-health services, emphasising community provision and more appropriate alternatives to long-stay institutional care.

Names involved

Barbara Castle

Provenance

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