Reports

This latest Download tha SEAN ECT Audit Network report for 2023 in PDF format Infographic [262Kb] report summarises data that have been collected from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment clinics in Scotland during 2022/23.

The full report is now available at: Scottish ECT Audit Network (SEAN) - 2023 (reporting on data for 2022/23) (external link) - published 21 November 2023, on the Public Health Scotland website.

Earlier annual reports, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, included more detailed information with sections relating to patient characteristics, legal status, diagnosis and indications, details of interventions, clinical outcomes, service user and carer contributions and accreditation visits.

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on ECT services in Scotland and affected the ability to collect SEAN data which meant that recent reports, from 2020, have been shorter, infographic summaries of ECT activity rather than the more detailed reports mentioned above.

In June 2023, we published the new Scottish Standards for Electroconvulsive Therapy - (external link), and future SEAN annual reports will focus on these new standards.

The introduction of the new standards also marks the end of the original SEAN dataset. The new Scottish Standards for ECT require the collection of different data items to enable us to report on performance against the new standards.

To reflect the evolution of SEAN toward quality improvement outcome measures rather than being a process-focused audit, the SEAN project has adopted the new name of Scottish Electroconvulsive Therapy Audit Network.

This new name will be reflected in all subsequent publications which are based on the new dataset used to measure the new standards.

 

Annual Reports


Annual Report for:
Reporting on data for:
Published
Report Format:
2023
2022/23
21 Nov 2023
2022
2021
29 Nov 2022
2021
2020
9 Nov 2021
2020
2019
17 December 2020
2019
2009-2018
26 Nov 2019

The 2019 report is also available here in a digital format

2017
2016
14 Nov 2017

2016

2015

08 Nov 2016

2015

2014

17 Nov 2015

2014

2013

11 Nov 2014

2013

2012

12 Nov 2013

2012

2011

13 Nov 2012

2011

2010

25 Oct 2011

2010

2009

26 Oct 2010

Not available

2009

2008

29 Sept 2009

Not available

 

Other Reports


National Audit of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Scotland

Final Report - (Project CA/96/10) - January 2000

Dr CPL Freeman, Dr J Hendry, Dr G Fergusson

CRAG (Clinical Resource and Audit Group), a committee chaired by the Chief Medical Officer, is the main forum within the Scottish Executive Health Department for the development of policies on clinical effectiveness. Until 1998 CRAGS main grant awarding body was the National Projects Committee (NPC). Following a review, the NPC was superseded by the Clinical Effectiveness Programmes Subgroup (CEPS).

The establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 led to the Scottish Office becoming the Scottish Executive. As a result, the Scottish Office Department of Health was renamed the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD).