Medical audit in psychiatry or Fear and loathing on the White Paper trail

Abstract

The Government White Paper, Working for Patients (1989), although presented as a discussion document, should be seen as a position paper. It is clear that the government intends to implement the major proposals, and will be able through its control of general management, enhanced by a stream-lined management structure (Working for Patients para 2.3–2.11), to put pressure on health authorities to take action accordingly.