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Electroconvulsive therapy practice in north-west England

Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust, SCOPE, Carisbrooke Resource Centre, Wenlock Way, Gorton, Manchester M12 5LF;

David Tench, Consultant Psychiatrist in Later Life

Forest House, Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham OL1 2JH

Simon P. Darvill, Registrar in Psychiatry

Avondale Unit, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green, Preston PR2 9HT

^* Correspondence

This study surveyed north-west consultant psychiatrists regarding their clinical electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice. A postal questionnaire was sent to all consultants identified by contacting north-west hospitals. Most respondents were in favour of using ECT, primarily for depressive psychosis. Bilateral ECT, twice weekly, was the preferred means of administration. Practice was similar overall to Pippard and Ellam's findings in their national survey. Prior to the latest College ECT guidelines, there had been little change in clinical ECT practice in the north-west since Pippard and Ellam's national survey.

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