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Failure to produce improvement in ECT documentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter Childs  and
J. Guy Edwards
Peter Childs
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO14 0YG
J. Guy Edwards*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton SO14 0YG
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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A previous survey carried out in our unit revealed deficiencies in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) documentation. With the aim of correcting these deficiencies, the standard procedure for completing the audit cycle was followed and the survey was repeated. The results question the assumption that simply completing the audit cycle ‘automatically’ leads to an improvement in practice. Possible reasons why Improvement did not come about in this study are discussed.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 1996 , pp. 422 - 424
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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