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Audit and action in relation to drug prescribing for psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Vivienne Schnieden ,
Pat Mealham  and
Maurice Greenberg
Vivienne Schnieden*
Affiliation:
St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE
Pat Mealham
Affiliation:
St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE
Maurice Greenberg
Affiliation:
St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE
*
(correspondence)
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A pilot study in Bloomsbury established that the majority of patients were dissatisfied with the information given about medication. Consequently a medication group was set up to which all patients were invited to discuss issues about medication. It emerged that many patients believed they had not been adequately informed about the medication they were receiving, or possible side effects, and would have liked to receive written information. It was therefore decided to review professionals' and patients' satisfaction with the information provided and to test whether leaflets improved patients' satisfaction.

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Audit in Practice
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 85 - 86
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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