Effect of point of care blood testing on physical health check completion in mental health services: mixed-methods evaluation.
Joseph ButlerSimone de CassanMargaret GlogowskaThomas R FanshawePhilip J TurnerDebbie WaltonDaniel LassersonRobert BaleBelinda R LennoxGail HaywardPublished in: BJPsych open (2020)
POC testing was beneficial and acceptable to patients and may increase physical health check uptake. Further research, accounting for clinician barriers, is needed to evaluate its clinical and cost-effectiveness.