Improving physical health monitoring for patients with chronic mental health problems who receive antipsychotic medications

Improving physical health monitoring for patients with chronic mental health problems who receive antipsychotic medications
N Abdallah, R Conn, A Latif Marini
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u210300.w4189

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Improving physical health for people taking antipsychotic medication

"The combination of interventions has created an improvement in monitoring and changes appear to be sustained throughout the project." 

Improving physical health for people taking antipsychotic medication in the Community Learning Disabilities Service
I Hall, A Shah
BMJ Quality Improvement Report 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u209539.w3933

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Focus on: People with mental ill health and hospital use

"At any time, one in six adults has a mental health condition and one in 100 has a severe mental illness. Our new research explores what differences in hospital use can tell us about the quality of physical health care for people with mental ill health."

Focus on: People with mental ill health and hospital use
H Dorning, A Davies, I Blunt
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
October 2015

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Monitoring of physical health parameters on a child and adolescent mental health unit receiving antipsychotic therapy

"In the adolescent unit, we identified a significant lack of physical health monitoring in this high risk age group. A single paged prompt sheet has been shown to significantly improve physical health monitoring in the majority of parameters."

Monitoring of physical health parameters for inpatients on a child and adolescent mental health unit receiving regular antipsychotic therapy
N Pasha, S Saeed, K Drewek
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u202645.w3700

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Improving feedback from outpatient medical appointments attended by escorted psychiatric patients

"It is therefore vital that good communication channels exist between specialties and that there is a change of culture in psychiatric hospitals where patients’ physical health is considered as important as their mental health."

Improving feedback from outpatient medical appointments attended by escorted psychiatric patients in the North London Forensic Service
K McCurdy, A Croxford
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u205791.w2356

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Tool to improve the speed, efficiency, and documentation of physical examination in new psychiatric inpatients

"The baseline measurement from this audit demonstrates a clear failure to meet audit standards regarding the physical examination of psychiatric inpatients. When reviewing the patient admission clerkings, it was clearly evident that there was no standardised approach to the documentation of physical examination in patients' medical records."

The psychiatric inpatient physical health assessment sheet (PIPHAS): a useful tool to improve the speed, efficiency, and documentation of physical examination in new psychiatric inpatients
A Pettipher, R Ovens
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206294.w2558

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Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness

"Three major themes emerged: needs of patients with severe mental illness differ from the general population; professional roles and collaboration; and health monitoring and supporting a healthy lifestyle."

Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness: a qualitative study assessing the view of patients and families
FM van Hasselt, M JT Oud, AJM Loonen
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:426

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