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The therapeutic use of case-by-case audit agreements in an adolescent unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Goldberg
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT
Michael Sevitt
Affiliation:
Long Grove Hospital, Epsom KT19 8PU
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The aim of audit is to monitor and evaluate clinical practice with the intention of refining and improving practice. Once implemented the changes can in turn be monitored, creating the audit cycle. This paper illustrates one way to capitalise on the changes generated by an auditing process in an in-patient adolescent unit.

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Audit in practice
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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