Audit on improving the quality of valproate prescribing in adult mental health services published

CCQI news
04 November 2022

A recently published paper from the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH) reports on the findings of the baseline audit conducted in 2020, as part of the POMH QI programme on improving the quality of valproate prescribing in adult mental health services.

The paper has been published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology: ' Who is prescribed valproate and how carefully is this treatment reviewed in UK mental health services? Data from a clinical audit'. Carol Paton et al.


A history of all POMH publications can be found on the project Resources page.

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