Board of Directors Meeting - 29 March 2012 - Devon Partnership ...

6. Compliance with Trust standards of practiceBoard of Directors Meeting, 29 March 2012Agenda Item 7Compliance with standards of clinical record keeping and practice is monitored throughthe review of a monthly sample of clinical records by the clinical team leader / wardmanager using the Clinical Record Self Monitoring tool (CRSM). Effective monitoring isdependent on a high rate of return of the monthly samples sent to clinical team leaderseach month. Completion rates continue to show improvement, from 68% overall in thelast report to 76% in this one.6.2 KPI 193 is a measure of the standard of clinical record keeping (the right informationrecorded in the right place at the right time). The target of 80% is met. SecureServices show a considerable improvement of 9% but across the Trust, compliance isdown by approximately 2%.6.3 KPI 235 is a measure of the content of the clinical records and the degree to whichthese meet the Trust practice standards. Directorates are not yet meeting the target of80% compliance and have been asked to provide additional support to teams with thelowest results. All directorates have shown an improvement since the last quarter withPage 40 of 156