Setting up a dual diagnosis service within a forensic inpatient setting: reflections one year on.

In 2008 a dual diagnosis service was set up within the forensic services of East London NHS Foundation Trust. This paper provides an outline of the service as it currently stands, and a description of the multidisciplinary staff roles within the service. Each staff member reflects on the success and challenges over the year that the service has been operational. Pointers to our future plans and strategy development are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]