The Mental Health Services: A Review of the Statistical Sources and a Critical Assessment of their Usefulness
ALAN MAYNARD 1 and
RACHEL TINGLE 1
1 Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York Y01 5DD
The application of the techniques of management by objective will necessitate a radical change in the nature of published statistics. If the performance of the mental health services is to be adjudged by the attainment of provision indicators, both local and central government will have to implement a comprehensive programme to produce accurate and uniformly defined indicator series. The changes in organization and management which are now before us will render many series obsolete, but this will free resources to produce the statistics needed to achieve greater management efficiency in the N.H.S.
Submitted on February 22, 1973
