Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-vfjqv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-29T23:40:39.624Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 18 - The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Jill Emerson
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Get access

Summary

ECTAS was launched in May 2003 coinciding with the publication of the NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidance on the use of ECT (NICE, 2003). Its aim was to improve the standard of practice in ECT units in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland using a model of continuous quality improvement.

Type
Chapter
Information
The ECT Handbook , pp. 161 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bickerton, D., Worrall, A. & Chaplin, R. (2009). Survey to establish trends in the administration of ECT in England. Psychiatric Bulletin, 33, 61–3.Google Scholar
Buley, N., Copland, E., Hodge, S. et al. (2017). A further decrease in the rates of administration of ECT in England. Journal of ECT, 33, 198–202.Google Scholar
ECT Accreditation Service (2005). First National Report October 2003 – October 2005. ECTAS.Google Scholar
ECT Accreditation Service (2015). Interim report: patient perspectives March 2013 – April 2014.Google Scholar
ECT Accreditation Service (2016). Sixth National Report October 2013 – October 2015. ECTAS.Google Scholar
Eranti, S. V. & McLoughlin, D. M. (2002). Electroconvulsive therapy: state of the art. British Journal of Psychiatry, 182, 8–9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freeman, C. P. L. (2005). Foreword to ECT Accreditation Service First National Report October 2003 – October 2005. ECTAS.Google Scholar
Kershaw, K., Rayner, L. & Chaplin, R. (2007). Patients’ views on the quality of care when receiving ECT. The Psychiatrist, 31, 414–17.Google Scholar
Mental Health Act Commission (2001). Ninth Biennial Report 1999–2001. London: Stationery Office.Google Scholar
Murphy, G., Doncaster, E., Chaplin, R. et al. (2013). Three decades of quality of improvement on electroconvulsive therapy: exploring the role of accreditation. Journal of ECT, 29, 312–17.Google Scholar
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2003). Guidance on the Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (Technology Appraisal TA59). NICE.Google Scholar
Rayner, L., Kershaw, K., Hanna, D. et al. (2009). The patient perspective of the consent process and side effects of electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of Mental Health, 18, 379–88.Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×