TableĀ 1.
Compliance with audit criteria
Audit question | Acute general services Yes/total (%) |
Mental health services Yes/total (%) |
Total Yes/total (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Is there a record of the patient's BMI/weight? | 60/109 (55.0) | 42/67 (62.7) | 102/176 (58.0) |
Did the patient receive a swallowing assessment? | 31/109 (28.4) | 3/67 (4.5) | 34/176 (19.3) |
Do the case notes indicate an epilepsy risk assessment?* | 8/43 (18.6) | 4/12 (33.3) | 12/57 (21.1) |
Is there evidence in the case notes that a health passport, or similar document, was used? | 35/109 (32.1) | 8/67 (11.9) | 43/176 (24.4) |
Is there evidence in the case notes that the patient's capacity was assessed and recorded before the first decision was made? | 49/109 (44.0) | 33/67 (49.3) | 81/176 (46.0) |
Is there evidence in the notes that decisions about discharge involved the carer/family? | 80/94 (85.1) | 49/59 (83.1) | 129/153 (84.3) |
Is there evidence in the case notes that the patient's informal carer had been signposted to an assessment of their current needs in advance of discharge? | 29/64 (45.3) | 10/41 (24.4) | 39/102 (38.2) |
*For those identified as having epilepsy only.
BMI, body mass index.