Consideration of some of the issues and tensions around Day Centre provision, reflecting the experience of running the Lincoln Centre, which has Home Office approval but does not seek Schedule 11 conditions. Various dilemmas arising from simultaneous but conflicting agendas fromm clients, staff and courts are highlighted, as well as the sometimes alarming 'side effects' of managingsuch a resource.
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