...Camilla Haw; Ayesha Muthu-Veloe; Mark Suett; Oghodafetite Ibodor; Marco Picchioni Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a completed audit cycle of the assessment and documentation of antipsychotic side effects reported by patients in a secure hospital setting. Design/methodology...

... AUDIT; alcohol-related violence; prisoners; treatment needs Introduction Alcohol is a known risk factor for violence, with evidence from epidemiological studies (Room & Rossow, 2001), longitudinal studies (Fergusson et al, 1996) and laboratory studies (Exum, 2006). The magnitude of the effect of alcohol...

...Nuwan Galappathie; Krishma Jethwa The paper presents an audit of admission physical examinations performed in the settings of medium security. Documentation regarding 16 key items of the admission physical examination was assessed. During the first audit, 51 admission physical examinations were...

... in reducing the risk of future ADRs. A baseline audit was undertaken, and subsequently the recording of ADRs on the drug cards of patients in a forensic psychiatry unit was re‐audited. Poor levels of documentation of ADRs were found. Following the baseline audit, a number of simple measures were undertaken...