Denise Assunta Coia (Macdonald), DBE, FRCPsych, FRCPSG, FRSE

Fearing that, without reform, the National Health Service (NHS) could consume infinitely more resources, she took the opportunity – in an HIS public annual review meeting with the government – to give Ministers a warning about a possible parallel with the fate of the world's only seven-masted s...

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Published in:BJPsych Bulletin 2021-04, Vol.45 (2), p.125-126
Main Authors: Macdonald, Alexander L., Macdonald, Andrew C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appointments & personnel changes
Caregivers
Community mental health services
Health facilities
Health services
Hospitals
Mental health
Obituary
Psychiatrists
Training
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Summary:Fearing that, without reform, the National Health Service (NHS) could consume infinitely more resources, she took the opportunity – in an HIS public annual review meeting with the government – to give Ministers a warning about a possible parallel with the fate of the world's only seven-masted schooner, the Thomas W. Lawson. Denise passionately believed in investing more in child and adolescent mental health services. Earlier in her career as consultant psychiatrist at the Florence St Day Hospital and Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow, where she served from 1987 to 2011, she was largely based in the Gorbals, one of the most deprived communities in Glasgow.
ISSN:2056-4694
2056-4708
2053-4868
DOI:10.1192/bjb.2020.86