SAS - Papers concerning the setting up of the Special Assessment and Supervision Service - Catalogue of the records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Series SAS - Papers concerning the setting up of the Special Assessment and Supervision Service

Date Range	December 1974 - 1997
Quantity	147 cm, 11 files, boxes and box files
Provenance	The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority
Description	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.
Access	Partially closed
Related Series
Part of	04 Correspondence

Inventory Listing

SAS-01	Minutes and papers of Special Assessment and Supervision Service committees
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range March 1981 - June 1986 Quantity 5 cm, 1 file Formats Reports and Minutes and Agendas Inventory Identifier SAS-01 Series Box Number D4-2 Series SAS
SAS-02	Special Assessment and Supervision Service general correspondence
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range December 1974 - January 1986 Quantity 5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence Inventory Identifier SAS-02 Series Box Number D4-2 Series SAS
SAS-03	Special Assessment and Supervision Service correspondence and reports concerning building matters
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine; BUILDING DESIGN. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range October 1980 - February 1987 Quantity 5 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence and Reports Inventory Identifier SAS-03 Series Box Number D4-2 Series SAS
SAS-04	Minutes and correspondence of SASS Project Team
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range 17 September 1976 - December 1983 Quantity 32 cm, 2 boxes Formats General Correspondence and Minutes and Agendas Inventory Identifier SAS-04 Series Box Number G6-1 Series SAS
SAS-05	SASS Project Team lobbying correspondence and memoranda, and patients' code schedule
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range 1984 Quantity 16 cm, 1 box Formats General Correspondence, Memoranda and Schedules and/or Timetables Inventory Identifier SAS-05 Series Box Number G5-3 Series SAS
SAS-06	Copies of SASS design report, and plans for SASS central clinic room layout
	Design report supported a capricode stage 2 submission to the Department of Health and Social Security in November 1980. This item contains references to: forensic medicine; BUILDING DESIGN. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range c. 1976 - c. 1983 Quantity 16 cm, 1 box Formats Reports, Memoranda and Drawings and/or Plans Inventory Identifier SAS-06 Series Box Number G6-2 Series SAS
SAS-07	SASS Project Team reports
	Includes building evaluations, reports on 'Development of services for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped' (14 April 1977), 'Area Clinics: Design Considerations' (May 1979), 'Area Clinics: Compilation of Room Data Sheets' (October 1979 and February 1980), and descriptive study by Susanne Dell (September 1989). This item contains references to: forensic medicine; BUILDING DESIGN; Dell, Suzanne. Item was closed until 1 January 2020 Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range c. 1976 - c. 1989 Quantity 16 cm, 1 box Formats Reports Inventory Identifier SAS-07 Series Box Number G6-1 Series SAS
SAS-08	SASS Chief Nursing Officer's correspondence files
	This item contains references to: forensic medicine. Creator The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital Special Health Authority Date range 1976 - 1981 Quantity 32 cm, 1 box Formats General Correspondence Inventory Identifier SAS-08 Series Box Number G6-1 Series SAS
SAS-09	Plans, reports and other material related to Special Assessment and Supervision Service
	This item contains references to: BUILDING DESIGN; forensic medicine. Box 2 G6-2 Box 3 H3-6 Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital (Joint Hospital) Date range 1975 - 1997 Quantity 20 cm, 2 boxes and box files Formats General Correspondence, Reports and Video Tapes Inventory Identifier SAS-09 Series Box Number G3-1 Series SAS

Published by the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, 14 May 2014
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