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Table 4 Barriers to continuity of care

From: Achieving Continuity of Care: Facilitators and Barriers in Community Mental Health Teams

Theme

Sub-themes

Leadership and decision making models

(None)

Professional role boundaries

(None)

Generic working

(None)

Support for training and role development

(None)

Information systems

Incompatibility

IT provision

Workforce levels/workloads

Pressures on staffing levels

Recruitment, retention, staff sickness

Caseloads/case management

Administrative loads

Impact on communication

Service users' needs

Complexity of needs

Accommodation