Audit Blog Posts

• National Schizophrenia Audit calls for improved monitoring of physical health in people with schizophrenia

  14 Dec 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Teaching GPs about depression and suicide can help reduce the risk of suicide in depressed older adults, says new RCT

  07 Nov 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Physical interventions governance audit identifies value of multi disciplinary overview

  19 Sep 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Antipsychotics continue to be used for challenging behaviour in learning disabilities with poor monitoring of side effects

  01 Aug 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Use of behaviour consultants reduced restrictive intervention in people learning disability and challenging behaviour

  24 May 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Significant improvements needed to care for people with dementia in hospital, says national clinical audit

  16 Dec 2011

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Psychological therapy services demonstrate benefits for patients but further improvement is needed

  24 Nov 2011

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Staff training on pain improves use of communication and assessment tools

  14 Sep 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Patients with learning disabilities visiting psychiatric ED may be sent home with no recorded follow up plans

  07 Sep 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Use of simple visual prompt improves recording of capacity to consent assessments

  02 Aug 2011

  • John Northfield