This will also ensure
that professionals approach their duty of care with
optimism for recovery and favourable outcomes.
We felt that understanding these benefits and the
work we carried out contributed to improved patient
care and, ultimately, signified progress.
Our work represented an opportunity to
disseminate best practice and had the desired effect
on hospital management systems; for example,
reduced incident reporting, less need for human
resources involvement, and a positive impact on
bed management in the inpatient service. We would
encourage other teams to adopt such an approach,
where possible, to facilitate best practice in this field.