... Corporation , Washington, DC and Canberra . Shaw , E. , Sivananthan , A. , Wood , D.P. , Partington , J. , Reavy , A.P. and Fishwick , H.J. (2017), “ Use of prone position restraint within a mental health trust: a clinical audit of psychiatric practice and methods...

... recorded for ongoing education. Anisha Sukha can be contacted at: anishasukha@doctors.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Outcomes Clinical governance Surgery Clinical audit Morbidity and mortality Safety and/or clinical risk management Surgical complications lead...

... Childhood Adolescent health services Clinical audit Clinical governance Transition to adult care Attention deficiency disorder United Kingdom Young people with ADHD are at increased risk of academic failure, dropping out of school or college, teenage pregnancy, and criminal behaviour. Driving...

.... Findings The results demonstrate that there is a clear link between implementation of a clinical audit strategy within a wider clinical governance framework and improved standards of all clinician's work. This study also demonstrates how the analysis can inform a definition of quality. Research...

... can be contacted at: Nikhil_Rao@hotmail.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Clinical audit Clinical governance Radiology Death rate The results of the re audit showed that there were 89 scans performed for a similar time period of one year, 62 from StH and 27 from EGH...

... Clinical audit Clinical governance Information transfer Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most commonly performed general surgical operations, with over 45,000 performed in the UK every year. In common with any surgical procedure it is not without risk and patients must be adequately...

...Deepak Garg; Ankush Singhal; Kishen Neelam Purpose This paper aims to investigate trainee doctors' experience of clinical audits and to explore solutions for identified problems. Design/methodology/approach Psychiatry trainees from all the deaneries in the UK were invited to participate...

.... Oliver J. Old can be contacted at: oliverold@doctors.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Audit Paediatrics Surgery Hernia Service provision Clinical audit Inguinal hernias are common amongst infants and children, affecting 3‐5 per cent of full‐term neonates, and around...

... practitioners can use to assess how effectively the physical health of people with serious mental illness is being monitored. Mental illness Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Mental health services Clinical audit Patients with mental illness are more likely to have serious physical comorbidity than...

... clinical care (for example, lid eversion, and measurement of visual acuity). Sidath E. Liyanage can be contacted at: sidath@doctors.net.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Eyes Clinical medicine Accident and emergency Clinical audit A corneal foreign body (CFB) can...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Patients Health and safety Clinical audit Surgery An articulate, influential and affluent individual, newly diagnosed with cancer, contacts a senior academic surgeon in a high management position to enquire about the relative merits of two...

...Paul Bowie; Pat Quinn; Ailsa Power Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the acceptability and educational impact of independent feedback on the clinical audit performance of different groups of healthcare professionals by trained colleagues. Design/methodology/approach...

...Kamran Siddiqi; James Newell Purpose This paper seeks to study the process of clinical audit to improve tubercolosis (TB) diagnosis in Cuba, Peru and Bolivia. It aims to present the lessons learned in implementing clinical audit in the three specific study sites and highlight what may be relevant...

... issue for the Hospital Trust, the Primary Care Trust and for general practitioners. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Clinical audit Patients United Kingdom Plastic surgery Referral Queuing time The Department of Health monitors outpatients' waiting time as the percentage...

...Jane Moore Purpose The purpose of this paper is to undertake a survey of the level and quality of service user involvement in clinical audit in NHS trusts currently, in order to identify perceived drivers and barriers, and factors to increase meaningful involvement. Design/methodology/approach...

... audit. John Holdsworth can be contacted at: johndholdsworth@btinternet.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Clinical audit Surgery Databases The author first started work as a consultant general surgeon with a vascular sub‐specialty interest in October 1984...

..., with respect to the chosen “benchmark”. To suggest improvements which are likely to have the maximum impact on the cancellation rates. C.U. Dussa can be contacted: dussacu1@msn.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Orthopaedics Clinical audit Patients Medical care Medicine...

... (Dugdall et al., 2004). Evaluation of the quality of clinical practice can also be achieved through clinical audit, which is led by clinical professionals, involves the view of patients and becomes part of the routine clinical practice (Snape, 1998 ; Department of Health, 1989 cited...

.... Originality/value This is the first paper to present audit results for the new inclusion criteria for reduction mammaplasty. G.E. Glass can be contacted at: graemeglass@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Patients Surgery Scoring procedures (tests) Clinical audit United...

...Manisha Shah; Gez Gould Purpose To audit all the clinical audits conducted by the anaesthetic department at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, from August 2004 to July 2005 against recommendations published in the paper “Improving the reporting of clinical audits in the NHS”. Design...