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Out-patient care for people with learning disability and epilepsy: evaluating the audit process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Helen Chubb ,
Michael Kerr  and
Joseph Joyce
Helen Chubb*
Affiliation:
Ely Hospital, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff CF5 5XE
Michael Kerr
Affiliation:
Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Meridian Court, North Rd, Cardiff
Joseph Joyce
Affiliation:
Ely Hospital, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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The notes of 24 individuals attending a clinic for people with learning disability and epilepsy were reviewed for all visits in the year preceding and following the Implementation of medical audit standards for out-patient review. There was no deterioration in any standard. A significant improvement was seen in recording of seizure frequency by seizure type, legibility of signatures, regular letters to general practitioners and the recording of seizure type and frequency in these. Medical audit can improve standards in epilepsy care, though its influence on outcome is not known.

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Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 1995 , pp. 686 - 688
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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