In this booklet the author describes how the ward team introduced bedside handover to increase patient involvement in the planning and evaluation of the care they received. This series looks at some ways nurses in Nursing Development Units (NDUs) have tried to make their nursing more beneficial to patients. The nurses assess to what extent their initiatives really do contribute to patient well-being and what has helped them bring about the changes. Each book will help nurses to introduce new ideas to their work and will suggest ways to evaluate changing practices.