Safe handover: safe patients
August 2004
Effective communication lies at the very heart of good patient care. This document:
- Provides guidance to doctors on best practice in handover
- Provides examples of good models of handover that doctors and hospital managers can learn from
- Aims to drive further developments in standardising handover arrangements in UK hospitals
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