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Audit report of physical health examination and baseline investigations on high dependency unit (HDU) and acute ward, Nepean Mental Health Centre, Sydney, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

Adil Jawad*
Affiliation:
Nepean Hospital, Mental Health Centre
Kristof Mikes-Liu
Affiliation:
Nepean Hospital, Mental Health Centre
Christopher Mah
Affiliation:
Nepean Hospital, Mental Health Centre
Amgad Elmakki
Affiliation:
Nepean Hospital, Mental Health Centre
Riffat Fatima
Affiliation:
Nepean Hospital, Mental Health Centre
*
*corresponding author.
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Aims

All patients on High Dependency Unit (HDU) and Acute Ward, Mental Health Centre, Nepean Hospital, were included in a cross-sectional audit on 22nd January 2020. Out of a total of 43 patients admitted on both these wards, 88.4% had baseline blood tests done, but almost half did not have baseline ECG done and 1/3rd did not have a physical examination done. The physical examination on admission on these wards is better than in 2017 & 2018 when half and more than 1/3rd respectively did not have physical examination done.

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Service Evaluation
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
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