Box 2: Survey A questionnaire.

1. Education and training of handover prior to working in the ED
2. Whether handover practice was considered adequate to ensure patient safety
3. A section on handover time and format
4. Positive attributes of current practice and issues on its ineffectiveness
5. Participants were asked to enlist 5 patient details they felt had to be included in handover list
6. To give examples of any adverse events encountered due to poor handover any suggestions to improve handover.