Theme C Flashcards
Audit
Systematic critical analysis of the quality of medical care, including diagnostics, treatment, the use of resources and the outcome on patients quality of life. Compared against current standards
5 Stages of audit
1 - Identify current standard 2 - Measure current performace 3 - Compare preformance to standard 4 - Make improvements 5 - Re-evaluate
3 Limitations to audit
- Only as good as national standard
- Only focuses on one thing at a time
- Costs/time and resources
How long after noticing a problem must a patient submit a complaint
12 months maximum
2 steps of making a complaint
- Directly to NHS direct
- If not happy go to CCG or to the commisioner (NHS England)
PALS
Patient advice and liason service in every NHS trust to inform patients about complaints
Medical Indeminity
Legal exemption of liability for damages to patients under treatment in the NHS
Most common errors in
- Primary care
- Secondary care
Primary = Delayed diagnosis Secondary = Negligence
3 types of errors
- Knowledge based
- Rules based
- Skills based
3 types of violations (3 R’s)
- Routine
- Reasoned
- Reckless
National patient safety agency
Responsible for handling adverse events - report to them
4 stages of clinical trials process
I = small number healthy volunteers 20-80: test safety, dosage, SE II = Larger group 100-300 further assess safety III = 1000-300 look for SE's IV = After drug has been authorised and marketed, looks at long term use
Benefits of available performance indicators
- Greater openess
- Focus on improving care
- Public reassurance
- Competition will boost performance
- Facilitate informed patient choice
Cons of available performance indicators
- Negative impact on public trust
- Case-mix between areas
- Data manipulation - eg some trusts will only treat patients with good outcomes
Epidemiology of CVD
- % Deaths
- Ethnic cultures at +risk
- Socioeconomic group
- 26% of all deaths CVD
- South Asians 4x greater risk
- Afro-Caribbean at greater risk
- Lower socioeconomic at greater risk
2 measure that take lifestyle/age/sex etc to assess CVD risk
- Framingham cohort charts
- QRISK
Smoking + passive smoking % risk on CVD
- Increased CVD by 50%
- Passive smoking can increase by 25%
- Smoking more dangerous in women
How many of the worlds population are obese
26%
- Exercise reduction of CVD risk %
- Exercise guidelines UK
- 20-30% risk reduction
- 150mins mod / 75mins vigorous exercise >2 days week
Alcohol weekly units
14 per week M/F
Primary, Secondary and Tertiary prevention CVD
- Primary = Reduce chance of getting CHD eg lifestyle
- Secondary = Already have CHD reduce MI eg further lifestyle or drugs
- Tertiary = After MI/stroke prevent further events eg cardiac rehab, CABH, angoplasty
Name a strategy in the UK that looked at reducing CVD disease in local community
Cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy 2013 - focused on prevention and risk management
Disease
Pathological resulting in an abnormality of structure/function and characterised by symptoms or signs
Different HTN groups and treament protocol
- Not hypertensive
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Not hypertensive = <135/85 Monitor - Stage 1 = >135/85 Treat stage 1 if they are 80+ with other condition* -Stage 2 = 150/95 Treat everyone regardless of age
When to give DVT prophylaxis
- High risk individuals going in for surgery need assessing for DVT risk
- Pregnant women who have had previous DVT and assess all obese pregant women
Travel advice for DVT
- Low risk
- Medium risk (history DT, recent surgery, pregnant, obese)
- High risk (previous DVT + additional risk eg cancer/recent surgery)
- Low risk = keep moving/hydrated, dont smoke
- Medium risk = compression stockings
- High risk = hydration/compression/enoxaparin before and after flight
4 strategies to control TB spread
- Surveillance and recognition
- Ensure completion of treatment + compliance
- Improve access to healthcare
- Screen new entrants to country coming from high risk areas
3 approaches to stopping smoking
- One:one councelling from nurse/gp with written info
- Group sessions run by health care professionals
- Nicotine replacement therapy (doubles chances of successful quitting)
How to deal with community outbreak
- Identify and isolate source
- Identify and treat those infected
- Advice to prevent further infection
How to deal with hospital outbreak
- Rapid isolation
- Rapid identification/notification of outbreak
- Monitor cleaning regimes and protocol
- Good communication with staff/visitors and outside bodies
- Suspend admission until 72hrs no new cases and disease free
Section 11 public health control of disease 1984 act
Doctors role to notify local authority during infective outbreak
Limit of MDT
Can only advice, decision is left to consultant and patient
4 Strategies for reducing patient risk of liver disease
acohol, hepatitis, drugs, fat
- Alcohol reduction - public awareness, education and detox
- Hepatitis vaccinations, sterile needle use
- Paracetamol trading laws and prescribing with care
- Exercise and diet to reduce fatty liver
Screening
Application of test to identify individuals at risk of a disorder to warrant investigation or direct peventative action. Amongst people who have not sought medical attention about related symptoms
How to assess cost effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis looks at numbers of years saved
RF Breast cancer and overall % prevelance
- Oestrogen, low socioeconomic group, radiation, alcohol
- 9% will develop
Breast cancer screening for
- Average risk (general pop)
- Moderate (FHx same side)
- High (BRCA/TP53)
- Average = 50-70yrs mammo every 3yrs
- Moderate = Anual screening from 40-60 then normal^
- High = Annual MRI/mammo 30-60 then normal^
Bowel cancer screening
- One off flex sigmoidoscopy 55
- 60-74 offered FOB every 2 yrs
- 75 can ask for every 2yrs
Cervical screening
Smear every 3yrs 25-49 then after every 5yrs
-Vaccine 12-13yrs
Other national screening programmes-
- Downs
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Newborn bloodspot
- Chlamy4 thdia
4 themes of pyschological impact of breast cancer diagnosis
- Worry of death
- Reactions of family members
- Views of society
- Worries about the future
Rate of diagnosis is corrolated negatively with what factor
Socioeconomic class (single mum cant get time off work)
Health visitor
Monitors child health and development and helps postnatal depression
Practice counceller
Sees mild/moderate health problems - active listening
Primary care mental health worker
Sign-posts correct services and can do some short term input - CBT
IAPT workers
Trained to deliver packages of care - CBT
Registered mental health nurse
Hospital based - care and support
Psychotherapist
CBT - psychodynamic therapies, family therapy, psychotherapy
Clinical Psychologist
Giver regular sessions and pyschotherapies, perform psychometric testing
Key worker
1 in a team, often nurse or social worker gets to know client and what they need
Depression vs Bipolar
- F:M
- Prevalance
- Lifetime risk
Depression -2:1 -2-9% -10-20% Bipolar -Equal -0.3% -1%
Minorities and lower socioeconomic group relationship to factors affecting psychiatric treatment
- More likely to be diagnosed
- Worse outcome from treatment
- More likely to disengage
- Language barriers
- Substance misuse more indicated
What is the largest cause of diability in the UK
Mental health - 105Billion per year
When is treatment without consent appropriate
Lack of capacity
4 instances where a person can be sectioned
- Needs to be assessed or treated urgently
- Health would get worse without treatment
- Safety at risk (patient ro someone else)
- Regular hospital monitoring is needed
Section 3 limitation
Cannot be employed unless treatment is available
What section can use only one doctor and approved mental health professional and how long does it last
Section 4 = 72hrs
What other section is 72hrs and is it renewable
Section 5 (holding power) -No
Community treatment orders
- After section 3 release
- Supervised treatment if broken
- Can be returned to the hospital for up to 72hrs
Coping
- Problem focused
- Emotion focused
- Unhelpful
- Problem: Seeking info, practical support, actively participating in treatment
- Emotion: Sharing feelings and concerns, giving up unrealistic hopes, being angry, finding religion
- Unhelpful: hoping/praying the illness will leave, dispear, denial, preoccupation
What is the IPQ and what does it measure
Illness perception questionarre, derived from Leventhals self regulatory model.
-Looks at illness identity
Primary prevention for mental wellbeing (3 examples)
- Mindfullness/relaxation
- Exercise and no substance abuse
- Encourage positive relationships
5 aims of NHS 5 year forward mental health view
1 - 7 day NHS service (esp crisis) 2 - Intergrate mental and physical services 3 - Focus on children and youth 4 - Creating a culture to end stigma 5 - Encourage online program use
3 Requirements for consent
- informed
- volunatary
- with capacity
5 instances were consent is not required
- Emergancy - life saving
- Additional procedures (eg during operation new found tumor removal)
- Mental health act
- Risk to public health
- Severely ill living in unhygienic conditions (national assistance act)
Who does MC act effect
All those above 18
5 key principles of MCA
- Capacity is presumed
- Supported to make their own decisions
- Right to make unwise decisions
- Best interest when lacking capacity
- Desicions should be least restrictive option
2 questions concerning capacity
- Is there a disturbance in the functioning of the brain?
- Is that enough to cause lack of capacity for this decision