Papers concerning the setting up of the Special Assessment and Supervision Service

The Special Assessment and Supervision Service was set up by the South East Thames Regional Health Authority (with which the Bethlem and Maudsley worked in close co-operation) to provide psychiatric services for patients too disordered for care on open wards, but not so disturbed as to warrant detention in maximum security hospitals. At its heart was a central clinic (later named the Denis Hill Unit), which provided residential accommodation for thirty patients, sited in the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

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