More frequent lithium testing in UK Primary Care associates with a lower hospital admission rate for bipolar disorder-What this can tell us about GP practice engagement with this group

Affiliations

• ¹ The Benchmarking Partnership, University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
• ² Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
• ³ Institute for Applied Clinical Sciences, University of Keele, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
• ⁴ Mersey Deanery Psychiatry Rotation, Liverpool, UK.
• ⁵ Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
• ⁶ Chair Choosing Wisely Steering Group of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK.
• ⁷ The School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
• ⁸ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK.