title: Setting and maintaining standards in menopause care: audit of current practice in a specialist clinic.
abstract: Standards are an important way of demonstrating quality of care in any given setting. The British Menopause Society (BMS) has produced guidelines as to what should be recorded at the initial menopause consultation. A retrospective audit of case-notes of women attending Poole Menopause Centre was undertaken using these criteria as audit standards. Although areas of good practice were highlighted, the published criteria were met for only five of the 23 standards. An action plan to improve the documentation to achieve these standards has been formulated.
authors.affiliation: Poole Menopause Centre, Harbourside Gynaecological Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hillard
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hillard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054869:Clinical Audit / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*