• • Ward rounds and clinical review meetings should reflect the recovery model for mental health and person centred planning. They play a pivotal role in hospital-based care. They should enhance the quality of patient care, improving communication and address service users’ concerns and problems.

• • They should involve users as fully as possible in the development and review of their treatment plan, allow proper planning and evaluation of treatment and facilitate multi-professional training and education.

• • This audit is designed to benchmark current practice against proposed standards outlined below.

To establish if the ward review practice in Prof. Benbow's team on Cedar Ward, Penn hospital is in line with the proposed standards and to consider whether the standards are appropriate.

• • The sample population includes patients or the cares involved in their care. Data was gathered by means of questionnaires and retrospectively from psychiatric case records between the period 01/001/2008 and 31/12/2008.

• • The questionnaires were both respondent and researcher completed. Open and close ended questions were used.

• • The findings showed satisfaction with the ward meeting process, but participants identified issues that could be improved upon.

• • Audit strength includes clearly defined standards and giving room for additional comments.

• • Limitations includes small sample size and poor response from patients and the carers.