All who work in Aged Psychiatry often have to work with waiting lists. Though they understand and appreciate the problems caused by waiting lists especially when it comes to admissions into an acute assessment unit, most have come to accept waiting lists as unavoidable in Aged Psychiatry.
The author would like to argue that waiting lists need not be unavoidable in an Aged Psychiatry Service and that it depends very much on the philosophy of the service. The author will present admission data over a 12-month period to an acute assessment unit in Aged Psychiatry to demonstrate how he managed to get rid of waiting lists and increase the turnover of patients.
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