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Here you can hear the latest goings-on and news from the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health.
We are pleased to confirm that our re-audit report on the POMH Quality Improvement Programme Topic 20b: 'The quality of valproate prescribing' has now been released.
The report is available to members of POMH only and can be downloaded from the online Members' Area.
Data entry for the POMH QI programme Topic 7g: Monitoring of patients prescribed lithium is now closed.
The POMH team have now commenced with data cleaning and will be in touch with participating trusts about data cleaning queries.
Any queries about this Topic, please email POMH-UK@rcpsych.ac.uk.
A recording of the POMH webinar event: Introducing the new POMH QI programme in 2023: Topic 22a 'Use of medicines with anticholinergic (antimuscarinic) properties in older people's mental health services' from 19 April 2023 and an edited version of the slide-sets are available on the POMH Members' Area.
Any queries on how to access this site, please email POMH-UK@rcpsych.ac.uk.
We are now able to confirm the publication of a paper in the BJPsych Open:
The management of medically assisted withdrawal from alcohol in acute adult mental health and specialist addictions inpatient services: findings from a UK clinical audit
Links to the publication list is available our website here: POMH Resources
We are pleased to confirm that the slide-sets for Topic 21a: 'The use of melatonin' have now been released and are available for POMH members to download via the online Members' Area.
We are pleased to confirm that our baseline report on the POMH Quality Improvement Programme Topic 21a: 'The use of melatonin' has now been released.
The report is available to members of POMH only and can be downloaded from the online Members' Area.
We'd like to thank all members that have completed their POMH membership renewal for 2023.
For members that intend to renew but have not yet applied, you can find our online form here: Renew your membership