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THE Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been awarded full accreditation by the ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The award is for its Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) services, which provide effective treatment for those with severe mental illness. Alongside this accreditation, the ECT team received a commendation in three out of four possible areas, including ‘patient experience’, ‘monitoring’ and ‘documentation’; this renewed accreditation covers a period of three years. The ECT team, based at Sevenacres, St Mary’s Hospital, continued to work towards achieving this accreditation throughout the pandemic period, despite several teams being deployed to support different parts of the acute care team.