TY - JOUR
T1 - Secure pathways for women in the UK:
T2 - lessons from the women’s enhanced medium secure services (WEMSS) pilots
AU - Edge, D.
AU - Walker, T.
AU - Meacock, R.
AU - Wilson, H.
AU - McNair, L.
AU - Shaw, J.
AU - Gutridge, K.
AU - Mitchell, H.
AU - Robinson, Louise
AU - Senior, J.
AU - Sutton, M.
AU - Abel, K.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Women’s enhanced medium secure services (WEMSS) is a model of care aimed at providing a more appropriate level of security for women and, in so doing, reducing the number of women in high secure psychiatric services. In 2007, three Department of Health commissioned WEMSS pilots became operational. This study compared the clinical outcomes of women in WEMSS with control women in six standard medium secure services and one high secure service matched on key clinical and risk characteristics, in order to examine their pathways of care. Our findings confirm that the WEMSS pilots were successful in transitioning women from high secure services who had previously been thought unsuitable for medium secure services. However, WEMSS showed no additional clinical benefit, suggesting that these women could be cared for equally well within standard medium secure services. We make recommendations about WEMSS and the future shape of women’s secure care in England.
AB - Women’s enhanced medium secure services (WEMSS) is a model of care aimed at providing a more appropriate level of security for women and, in so doing, reducing the number of women in high secure psychiatric services. In 2007, three Department of Health commissioned WEMSS pilots became operational. This study compared the clinical outcomes of women in WEMSS with control women in six standard medium secure services and one high secure service matched on key clinical and risk characteristics, in order to examine their pathways of care. Our findings confirm that the WEMSS pilots were successful in transitioning women from high secure services who had previously been thought unsuitable for medium secure services. However, WEMSS showed no additional clinical benefit, suggesting that these women could be cared for equally well within standard medium secure services. We make recommendations about WEMSS and the future shape of women’s secure care in England.
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U2 - 10.1080/14789949.2016.1244279
DO - 10.1080/14789949.2016.1244279
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-9949
VL - 28
SP - 206
EP - 225
JO - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
IS - 2
ER -