Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) Clinic has been rated as ‘excellent’ by the ECT Accreditation Service.
The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS) was launched in May 2003 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Its purpose is to assure and improve the quality of the administration of ECT. ECTAS also has the support of the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Anaesthetists and is used by the Care Quality Commission to inform its inspection activities when assessing mental health services. Accreditation shows that the clinic meets required standards.
Mike Ajewole, ECT Clinical Manager said: “By attaining Level 1 (Excellent) accreditation, this means that our clinic is one of the best and the clients receive the best quality of treatment we can provide. The team has worked very hard to achieve this standard and passion for excellence is their driving force. We are delighted and I would like to thank the team for all their efforts and dedication.”
The accreditation process incorporates elements that research has demonstrated to be effective in bringing about quality improvement. After joining ECTAS, a clinic is given access to online review tools and then embarks on a 12-month review process, which incorporates self-review, a one-day peer-review visit by an external team, recommendation of accreditation status by the accreditation advisory committee and ratification of accreditation status by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Education, Training and Standards Committee.
Accreditation is awarded for three years from the point of peer review, subject to satisfactory completion of an interim review at 12 months.
The ECT Clinic is based at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.
