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Risk assessment of psychiatric in-patients: audit of completion of a risk assessment tool

^*Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, email: neil_masson{at}doctors.org.uk

Ashley Liew, Senior House Officer in Psychiatry

Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust

John Taylor, Consultant Psychiatrist

Florence Street Resource Centre, Glasgow

Frank McGuigan, Practice Development Nurse

Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Declaration of interest

None.

AIMS AND METHOD

Two complete audit cycles were used to assess the completion of a bespoke risk assessment tool and whether an educational intervention, and subsequently the introduction of a standardised admission pack, led to improvements in completion rates.

RESULTS

The total rate of completion of forms improved from 60% to 81% following a brief educational intervention in the form of a lecture and email about the audit. The subsequent introduction of a standardised admission pack containing the tool maintained completion rates.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Audit coupled with a simple educational intervention can improve the completion of risk assessment forms by medical and nursing staff.