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QI 1294 To Improve Consent to Treatment Documentation and Medication Administration in Line with the Mental Health Act 1983.
Abstract
Project Aim: To improve the accuracy of Consent to Treatment certificates. To increase awareness of Prescriber and Nurses responsibility to check these certificates before prescribing and administering medication.
An audit conducted to look at MHA consent to treatment documentation across 14 inpatient wards and 2 rehab wards. The results from the baseline audit indicated there were a widespread issue with the accuracy of the consent to treatment documentation. The CWPT inpatient pharmacist team identified factors that may be causing the certificates to be inaccurate and introduced interventions to address these causational factors. The audit was then repeated at 6-months and again at 12-months to see the impact of the interventions on the accuracy of recording on the consent to treatment certificate. Quality Improvement methodology was used to improve the outcome of the audit.
Tools Used:
Clinical Audit;
Stakeholder analysis - https://aqua.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/qsir-stakeholder-analysis.pdf;
PDSA Cycles - https://aqua.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/qsir-pdsa-cycles-model-for-improvement.pdf.
Project Impact: There was a significant increase from the baseline audit to the final audit on the three aspects related to legislation.
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Date
2025-08
Type
Internal Poster
Subject
INFORMED CONSENT, PATIENT CARE
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Citation
Mulleady, Iona. QI 1294 To Improve Consent to Treatment Documentation and Medication Administration in Line with the Mental Health Act 1983. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, 2025.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust