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. 2016 Apr 18;6(4):e010480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010480

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.