Article History
Received: 23 March 2023
Accepted: 17 December 2023
First Online: 16 February 2024
Declarations
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: There are no known conflicts of interest. All authors certify responsibility for the manuscript.
: Caldicott approval was gained from NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde to undertake this audit. Prior to data collection, the researcher sought endorsement from the designated Caldicott Guardian to confirm the status of the project with local Research and Development Department. Approval to proceed was granted and the researcher was provided access to the electronic medical records of the three North East CMHTs to begin data collection (See Supplementary Information 1). This audit complied with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and University of Glasgow ethics data protection standards. The main research, who is also an NHS clinician, stored anonymised data on an NHS laptop for this audit and was the only person with access to the data. No patient identifiable information was stored on non-NHS computers. Following completion of the audit, the data was transferred to the Field Supervisor, an experienced NHS Clinician, to store electronically on an NHS computer for 5 years.