Resources

View the latest ECTAS Standards.

• ECT Capabilities Guide
• ECT Patient Information Leaflet

Please note that the below external resources are not owned or updated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or by ECTAS.

• World Health Organisation Surgical Safety Checklist
• Hamilton Depression Rating Scale - 17 items
• ECT Mobile App created by NHS Leicestershire Health Informatics Service and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust – you can find this by opening the Google Play App or Apple Store and searching for 'ECT'.

Our reports summarise the data we collect about ECT clinics during our accreditation review process.

If you’re an ECTAS member you can see how your service performs against others with our anonymous benchmarking.

• Special report on patient perspectives (PDF)
• Sixth national report (2013-15) (PDF)

Our report summarises data about all ECT given in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

This includes clinical outcomes and anonymous details of each person that had ECT.

• ECT Minimum Dataset Activity Report 2016-17
• ECTAS Dataset Report 2020
• ECTAS Dataset Report 2021

Staff working in ECTAS member services can access Knowledge Hub, our online networking forum. To register, please email JOIN to ECTAS@rcpsych.ac.uk. 

One of the benefits of being a member of the service is access to The Journal of ECT. You can set up an account to access by contacting infoservices@rcpsych.ac.uk.

Once you have an account you can access the journal.