Stakeholders views of medicines administration by pharmacy technicians on mental health inpatient wards

Effect of pharmacy students as primary pharmacy members on inpatient interdisciplinary mental health teams.

PURPOSE The effect of pharmacy students as primary pharmacy members on inpatient interdisciplinary mental health teams was investigated. METHODS This retrospective study used Veterans Affairs data from veterans who were admitted to an inpatient mental health unit from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012. Eligible veterans had to have been hospitalized for at least five days and treated...

Acute inpatient mental health wards and inpatient alternatives: a quantitative comparison of the care provided

Safer Wards: reducing violence on older people's mental health wards

Through the Safer Wards project we aimed to reduce the number of incidents of physical violence on older people's mental health wards. This was done using quality improvement methods and supported by the Trust's extensive programme of quality improvement, including training provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Violence can be an indicator of unmet needs in this patient populati...

Factors affecting staff morale on inpatient mental health wards in England: a qualitative investigation

BACKGROUND Good morale among staff on inpatient psychiatric wards is an important requirement for the maintenance of strong therapeutic alliances and positive patient experiences, and for the successful implementation of initiatives to improve care. More understanding is needed of mechanisms underlying good and poor morale. METHOD We conducted individual and group interviews with staff of a f...

The views of stakeholders on controlled access schemes for high-cost antirheumatic biological medicines in Australia

BACKGROUND In Australia, government-subsidised access to high-cost medicines is "targeted" to particular sub-sets of patients under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to achieve cost-effective use. In order to determine how this access system could be improved, the opinions of key stakeholders on access to biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis were explored. METHODS Thirty-six semi-struc...