In the WHO Leprosy BCG Trial in Burma a mass survey was undertaken to determine whether children had been exposed to patients with leprosy and, if so, the form of the index case. This paper presents the most important epidemiological data collected in this survey. The prevalence rate was 31.6 ...

Medical audit in its various forms pervades our practices and our medical thinking in 1984. It includes a wide range of purposes and functions, most of which need not be seen as an external “Big Brother”. Some form of audit, at least internal, is inherent in professionalism. This article reviews ...

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) was established in April 2008 and is led by a consortium of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and National Voices (formerly the Long-term Conditions Alliance). The key aim of HQIP is "to promote quality in healthcare, and in ...

BACKGROUND: The records of 192 attendees at an accident and emergency department was audited. The aim of the audit was to identify the type of client at risk of falling, demography, fall events and medication history. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that a more co-ordinated and integrated approach to assessment and ...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the value of the Oxfordshire Medical Audit Advisory Group rating system in monitoring and stimulating audit activity, and to implement a development of the system. DESIGN: Use of the rating system for assessment of practice audits on three annual visits in Oxfordshire; development and use of an ...

The correlation between target centres for thalamotomy as determined by external markers or by the use of air studies was shown to be extremely close in eight patients undergoing pneumoencephalography. The site of the external markers was calculated in relation to the auriculoorbital and interaural planes, and a simple guide ...