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Data entry for the POMH QI programme 16c: Rapid tranquillisation in the context of the pharmacological management of acutely-disturbed behaviour will be closing on 30 April 2024.

Visit our Submit your data page for further information on data entry.

For any data entry queries or short extension requests, please contact the POMH team.

We are pleased to confirm that the slide sets for the POMH QI programme 22a Use of medicines with anticholinergic (antimuscarinic) properties in older people’s mental health services has now been released and are available for POMH members to download via the online Members' Area.

Online data entry for the POMH QI programme 16c: Rapid tranquillisation in the context of the pharmacological management of acutely-disturbed behaviour is now open from the 1 March 2024.

Data can be submitted online to POMH from 1 March - 30 April 2024

To submit data, please go to the POMH data entry web page for instructions on how to enter data.

For any data entry queries, please contact the POMH team.

We are pleased to announce the release of the updated Ready Reckoner, version 11.

This resource is available to access via our POMH Members' area.

If POMH members are interested in receiving a printed version of the updated Ready Reckoner, please contact POMH-UK@rcpsych.ac.uk.

We are pleased to confirm that our initial report on the POMH QI programme 22a Use of medicines with anticholinergic (antimuscarinic) properties in older people’s mental health services has now been released.

The report is available to members of POMH only and can be downloaded from the online Members' Area.

We are pleased to highlight the recent publication of a POMH paper reporting on findings from our recent QI programme audit on the use of melatonin, in 2023. The paper has been published in the BMJ Mental Health.

Links to all POMH publications can be found on our POMH resources page.

We have now released the audit tool and supporting materials for our next quality improvement programme (QIP) 16c: Rapid tranquillisation in the context of the pharmacological management of acutely-disturbed behaviour.

Please visit our Submit your data page for further information on data entry.
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