QI activities

• Look at including family violence assessment into specific types of appointments, such as mental health, antenatal and postnatal, and add specific family violence questions to the templates for these appointments.
• Decide how your practice will record if a patient discloses family violence. Consider using a code to record when family violence is asked (for example: FVA), disclosed (FVD) and when patients are referred (FVR).
• Discuss the practice’s approach to family violence at a clinical meeting. It might be useful to review the following resources:
  • The White Book, 5^th Edition, RACGP
  • ‘Starting the conversation about family violence’
  • HealthPathways Melbourne, which includes some example questions that can be used to screen for family violence
  • Family violence resources and additional training

Download the QI template below for specific screening questions, more resources and improvement ideas.