Guidelines, training, audit, and quality standards in children's epilepsy services: closing the loop

Martin Kirkpatrick; Colin Dunkley; Colin Ferrie; Diane Flower; Bernie Waldron; William P Whitehouse; J Helen Cross; Philippa Rodie; Richard Appleton

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2014.07.009

Guidelines, training, audit, and quality standards in children's epilepsy services: closing the loop

Seizure. 2014 Nov;23(10):864-8. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.07.009. Epub 2014 Jul 25.

Authors

Martin Kirkpatrick¹, Colin Dunkley², Colin Ferrie³, Diane Flower⁴, Bernie Waldron⁵, William P Whitehouse⁶, J Helen Cross⁷, Philippa Rodie⁸, Richard Appleton⁹

Affiliations

¹ Tayside Children's Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Nottinghamshire, UK.
³ Leeds General Infirmary, LS1 3EX, UK.
⁴ Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, BS2 8AE, UK.
⁵ DeMontfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
⁶ Nottingham Children's Hospital, NG27 2UH, UK.
⁷ Neurosciences Unit, University College London, WC1N 3LU, UK.
⁸ British Paediatric Neurology Association, Bolton BL6 7BP, UK.
⁹ Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.

PMID: 25128039
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.07.009

Abstract

There has been considerable evolution in epilepsy healthcare for children over the last decade in the United Kingdom. There has been no single explanation for this. The development of national clinical guidelines, locally delivered but nationally designed educational programmes, nation-wide clinical audit, clinical networks and development of designated services have all had complimentary roles in enabling the implementation of national recommendations for the development of epilepsy care. These models may be applicable to other healthcare settings outside the UK.

Keywords: Children's epilepsy services.

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Audit*
Delivery of Health Care
Epilepsy* / diagnosis
Epilepsy* / therapy
Guidelines as Topic*
Health Services / standards*
Health Services / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Teaching* / statistics & numerical data
United Kingdom