A Novel early pregnancy assessment unit/Gynaecology assessment unit dashboard
An experience from a UK district general hospital

Abstract

The establishment of early pregnancy assessment units (EPAUs)/Gynaecology assessment units (GAUs) started more than 20 years ago in the UK to decrease hospital admissions of patients with early pregnancy problems. However, there are still wide variations in the quality of services provided by these units. The objective of this study was to create a method that can be used for continuous assessment of these units on a regular basis. We designed a dashboard covering all aspects of EPAU/GAU activities depending upon the early pregnancy unit association guidelines, and the department of health data and statistics. The EPAU/GAU dashboard has been used successfully in the early assessment pregnancy unit of Yeovil District hospital for few years and is still implemented until now. It is an excellent tool for continuous audit. It is a simple method that should be adopted by different EPAUs/GAUs for their objective assessment in order to improve the services provided by these units.

Keywords::

• dashboard
• early pregnancy assessment unit
• gynaecology assessment unit

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of staff of GAU/EPAU of Yeovil District Hospital for their help and support to provide the data of the study.

Funding

There was no external funding for this project. Time and effort were volunteered by the authors.

Details of ethical approval

This study involved anonymous data, and thus did not require ethical approval.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no declarations of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Disclosure

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