Originally established by John Wilder to support psychiatric patients on discharge from hospital at a time when the Mental Health Act meant that psychiatric hospitals were being closed and replaced by 'care in the community'. In 2010 PRA Services changed its name to The Centre for Better Health. Now, 2013, based in Darnley Road, E9.
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, founded October 1959, acquired and oc...
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South London Hospital for Women
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Lilian Lindsay
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Edmund Alexander Parkes
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Fire Brigades Union
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Ken Livingstone
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