TY - JOUR T1 - Improving the environment of handover: a quality improvement project JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - s5 LP - s5 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-s5 VL - 3 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Jennifer Wood AU - Richard Hopkins AU - Chelsea Doughty AU - Charlotte Durrington AU - Mike Whiteside Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/Suppl_2/s5.abstract N2 - It has been well documented that clinical handover is a high-risk time for patient safety. This problem has only been exacerbated by more handovers taking place with the European working time directive coming into effect. At a district general hospital, it became apparent that clinical handover was not running as well as it could be. As junior doctors, we decided to focus on ways in which it could be improved to prompt attendance at … ER -