Rethinking Clinical Audit : Psychotherapy Services in the NHS

ISBN-13: 9780415162081 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 221 str.

Rachael Davenhill; Matthew Patrick

Opis

The contributors to this book examine the psychological dynamics, both individual and institutional, which can promote or obstruct the potential benefit of the audit. Focusing on psychotherapy services within the NHS, a setting where the culture of audit seems very much at odds with the culture of clinical practice, the book provides examples of success stories where clinical audit has been used to support a service's aims and aspirations. It draws conclusions that should be relevant to clinicians and managers across the range of the health care services.

Spis treści

1 Psychotherapy services, healthcare policy and clinical audit 2 The audit fixation: some issues for psychotherapy 3 Clinical audit and conflict 4 Kaizen and the process of audit within an NHS psychotherapy unit 5 The Manchester experience: audit and psychotherapy services in north-west England 6 Audit and survival: specialist inpatient psychotherapy in the National Health Service 7 Audit and research 8 Evaluating the outcome of a community-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy service for young people: one-year repeated follow-up 9 Clinical practice guidelines for the psychotherapies

O autorze

Rachael Davenhill is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and former Chair of the Audit Committee,Tavistock andPortmanNHS Trust. Matthew Patrick is a Consultant Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic and lecturer in developmental psychopathology at University College London. He was formerly lead Audit Clinician for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. Both are also psychoanalysts in private practice.