Revised handover sheet

From Monday, the handover sheet will include a box headed "Action owner". This change follows several occasions when an outstanding task was noted but no member of staff understood that they were expected to complete it. Enter the name of the person who has accepted responsibility, not simply the department to which the patient belongs. If responsibility has not yet been agreed, write "unallocated" and raise the matter during the verbal handover. Do not leave the box blank or enter the name of a colleague who has not been consulted. The change does not remove the need to describe the task and its required completion time in the existing columns.