Delays in the handover of patients from ambulance crews to emergency departments (EDs) across England is causing avoidable harm and knock-on care issues, a healthcare watchdog confirmed. A report by ...

Patient handover in perioperative care represents a critical juncture in the surgical pathway where the transfer of clinical responsibility and detailed patient information is essential to ensuring ...

A lack of consistency among postoperative patient handovers can lead to poor clinical outcomes, according to research published in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. Researchers from the ...

The Royal College of Physicians, based in London, has published a free, downloadable toolkit focusing on patient handovers. The toolkit provides “a framework for standardization of clinical handover ...

Ambulance handover times in England have shown signs of improving, but a new report suggested there is still a long way to go before performance targets are reached. An analysis by the Association of ...

About The Study: In this cohort study, implementation of the sickest patients first (SIPS) surgical handover system (introduction, situation, background, assessment, recommendation; prioritize; ...

Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Delaware Valley Chapter Presents A Lecture by Dr. Ellen J. Bass Patient Handover Assessment Factors and Considerations Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. ...

'Ongoing pressures' led to East Midlands Ambulance Service's worst month for nearly a year ...

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) lost more than 19,500 hours in handover delays in January – the worst month for the service since April 2025. The national target is for a patient to be admitted ...

Why aren’t hospitals better at communicating? The founders of Careful say the problem is not the old cliché about doctors being good at treating patients, but hopeless at talking to them; rather, most ...