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Aim <strong>of</strong> current project<br />

This study will therefore aim to ask the different pr<strong>of</strong>essionals that are involved in the<br />

ward rounds in the locality to complete a questionnaire. There are no ‘best practice’<br />

guidelines regarding ward rounds available from where the data was collected (the North<br />

Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust). Therefore best practice guidelines<br />

originally put together by Westminster user groups and published by Open Mind (1997),<br />

were sought for assistance. This ward round code was recognised <strong>of</strong>ficially by the<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Health in 2003 as “good practice”. Furthermore, this code has become<br />

trust policy in various trusts (including Brent, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster<br />

Mental Health NHS Trust) and has been presented to the all party parliamentary group<br />

for mental health, House <strong>of</strong> Parliament, where support was given.<br />

The study aimed to explore the views <strong>of</strong> staff members from different pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

groups i.e. Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing and ‘Other’ which included Social Work and<br />

Occupational Therapy. Moreover, the study aimed to compare the views <strong>of</strong> the different<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals in order to ascertain whether there were commonalities or differences<br />

across pr<strong>of</strong>essional groups. The author hypothesised that there would be differences in<br />

opinion regarding best practice <strong>of</strong> ward rounds.<br />

Research questions<br />

This study aims to answer the following questions:<br />

1. What factors are considered most and least important in best ward round practice<br />

amongst the pr<strong>of</strong>essionals?<br />

2. Is there a difference in views regarding the above question across different<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional groups?<br />

3. What current practice did pr<strong>of</strong>essionals observe at the last ward round they<br />

attended?<br />

4. How do the pr<strong>of</strong>essionals explain and elaborate their views in the qualitative<br />

information obtained in the comments section?<br />

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